Semoah
Print

Charles Nègre

Maker
French, 1820–1880

Semoah

1854
Photogravure
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.5 × 24.3 cm)
Paper: 13 × 15 7/16 in. (33 × 39.2 cm)
Matted: 14 × 18 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 45.7 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Printed in ink, recto, BR: PHOTOGRAVURE sur Acier par CH. NÈGRE
Blind stamp, recto, BC: SEMOAH
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) and mostly erased, recto, BL: Nègre l'inventeur de la photogravure. Un des 1er essais
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on applied label, verso, TC: Un des premiers essais \ de photogravure sur \ acier par Ch. Nègre. \ 1854 \ rare

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