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Anonymous - Chateau de Fontainebleau
Anonymous - Chateau de Fontainebleau
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Ref.#: 8267Price: P.O.R.
 
 Medium: Daguerreotype (1/4 plate)Mount: in glass mount with paper matPhoto Date: 1840Print Date: 1840Dimensions: 0 x 0 in. (0 x 0 mm)Photo Country: FrancePhotographer Country: France  
DESCRIPTION:
An extremely early daguerreotype, dated September 1840, that was made just one year after Daguerre's announcement of the process. This is one of the only known daguerreotypes and the earliest image of the Chateau. Except for a band of tarnish, probably from an earlier broken glass cover plate, which has been expertly replaced some time ago, the plate is in very fine condition. Provenance: Gilbert Gimon collection (Gimon "discovered" Humbert de Mollard and Itier); Ken Apollo; John Wood. See: Wood, The Scenic Daguerreotype: Romanticism and Early Photography, pl.30, pp.117 and 198. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.