Honoré Daumier

Honoré Daumier

Photograph

Honoré Daumier

ca. 1860
Ambrotype
Image (oval): 8 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.7 × 16.1 cm) [mammoth plate]
Overall: 12 11/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 in. (32.2 × 24.5 × 1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1981.1659.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on printed label applied to backing paper, verso, C: Collection photographique \ de Gab. Cromer \ Un portrait inédit \ d'Honoré Daumier \ --- \ Examplaire original \ unique \ --- \ Procédé collodion positif \ doublé d'un vernis noir \ (on obtenait qu'une épreuve \ unique par ce procédé) \ --- \ Ne pas désencadrer car \ le vernis a collé au carton \ de fond et le collodion se briserait.
Inscribed in black ink, on backing paper, verso, T: Portrait de Daumier \ provient de la vente de la collection \ de feu Mr. le Dr. Suchet
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