Artist
Gustave Le Gray(French, 1820–1884)French, 1820–1884
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Obelisk
Date1857
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (37.9 × 45.5 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/8 × 25 in. (53.7 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/8 × 25 in. (53.7 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.576
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., Sussex, on 5/2/1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Blind stamp, recto, bottom center of mount: photographie // Gustave Le Gray &C // Paris
Facsimile signature stamp in red ink, lower right corner of image: "Gustave Le Gray"
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Gustave Le Gray
1856–1859
Albumen silver print from two glass negatives
2004.568
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.564
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Albumen silver print from two glass negatives
2004.563