Artist
Gustave Le GrayFrench, 1820–1884
CultureFrench
Titles
- Mer Méditerranée–Cette–no. 18
- Mediterranean Sea, Sète
Date1857
MediumAlbumen silver print from two glass negatives
DimensionsImage: 12 5/16 × 16 7/16 in. (31.3 × 41.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 7/16 in. (31.3 × 41.7 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 17 1/2 in. (31.5 × 44.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 7/16 in. (31.3 × 41.7 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 17 1/2 in. (31.5 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.563
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceHarry Lunn Ltd., New York; Manfred Heiting from Mayer & Mayer, December 15, 1989.
Exhibition History"Passionate Vision: Celebrating the Life and Photographic Work of Beaumont Newhall," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor and Coat Check Room Gallery, January 15-May 4, 2008.
“History of Photography I: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 1, 2014–February 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right corner of mount: A
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left corner of mount: 90:235
Inscribed in black ink, recto, center left side of mount: l'Escaut.
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left corner of mount: 90:235
Inscribed in black ink, recto, center left side of mount: l'Escaut.
There is no evident signature.
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Gustave Le Gray
1856–1859
Albumen silver print from two glass negatives
2004.568
Gustave Le Gray
1856–1859
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.573
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.564