Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Sculpture

Jean Auguste Barre

Maker
French, 1811–1896

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

1853
Plaster
Overall: 11 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (29.5 × 15.5 × 12 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1972
Inscriptions Engraved in plaster, on base front, BC: J.N. Niepce
Engraved in plaster, on base right side, BC: A. Barre Fit. [fecit] 1853
Inscribed in pencil, inside sculpture, front, TC: 1038
Inscribed in pencil, underside bottom front, BR: 1038
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) underside bottom front, BC: Tissandier [partially erased]
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) inside sculpture, front, BC: Voir Tissadier \ page 47 1874
Inscribed in pencil, label applied to underside bottom front, TR: C-2 [or 6-2]

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