CultureFrench
Titles
- Le Commandant Anatole Charlemagne
Date1846–1851
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsAt opening (Visible): 3 7/16 × 2 9/16 in. (8.8 × 6.5 cm)
Mat: 5 13/16 × 4 13/16 in. (14.7 × 12.2 cm)
Frame: 8 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (22.5 × 19.5 cm)
Mat: 5 13/16 × 4 13/16 in. (14.7 × 12.2 cm)
Frame: 8 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (22.5 × 19.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely
Object number2016.133
Non exposé
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The precision of
the daguerreotype—the first publicized form of photography—enthralled the world
at its introduction in 1839. At the height of the craze in the mid-19th
century, millions of daguerreotypes were produced, most of them portraits.
This wasp-waisted officer, standing proudly in his ensign’s
uniform, is Anatole Charlemagne (1824–1868). He entered the French Navy at the
age of fifteen, and by twenty-two was given the rank of Ship’s Ensign.
Charlemagne rose through the ranks of the Navy, only to be lost at sea just two
weeks shy of his 44th birthday.
Provenance[Kapandji Morhange, November 14, 2013, lot 43]; [Perfect Likeness, Half Moon Bay, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped into the plate, bottom edge: DAGUERRÉOTYPE RICHEBOURG A PARIS
Paper label affixed to verso of leather case, inscribed in ink: Le Commandant // A. Charlemagne
Paper label affixed to verso of leather case, inscribed in ink: Le Commandant // A. Charlemagne
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Frederic Remington
December 27, 1890
Wood engravings on newsprint
91.1430.179
c. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color in leather case
2004.1461