Ernest Meissonier, c. 1860s

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 9.8 × 6.3 cm (3 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Accession Number

2022.174.9

Artists / Makers

Robert Jefferson Bingham (artist) French, born England, 1825 - 1870

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on mount printed in black ink: BINGHAM PHOT; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Meissonier, / 1815-1891 / French painter-historical, military / genre.; center printed in black ink: BINGHAM / PHOTOGRAPHE DE S.M. LA REINE D’ANGLETERRE / MEDAILLE DE 1ERE CLASSE 1855 / 58 Rue de Larochefoucault 58, / PARIS; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite 425

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas