Raymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Raymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur
Date1855-1858
MediumAmbrotype with applied color
DimensionsImage (at open): 5 13/16 × 4 1/4 in. (14.8 × 10.8 cm)
Frame: 14 9/16 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (37 × 32 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Stephanie Roach, Directors
Object number2024.1001
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRaymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur; given to his daughter, January 1, 1859; [...]; [Silver Shadows, Huddersfield, England]; [Capitol Gallery, Morgantown, West Virginia, Fall 2024 Auction, October 2, 2024, lot 32]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on mat, recto, below photograph: “1848: Voyages de l’ Ocean Atlantique, Senegal, St Louis, // Gorrée, et Rio Jeneyro, commandant le Jeune // Raymond.” [“Voyages of the Atlantic Ocean, Senegal, St. Louis [Island, Senegal], Gorée [Island, Senegal], and Rio de Janiero, Commander Raymond, (the younger).”]

Inscribed in ink on verso of frame seal: “Offert à sa fille Vilaine [?] // le 1 Janvier 1859 Canebes [?]” [Given to his daughter Vilaine [?], January 1, 1859, Canebes [?]”]

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