CLAUDE JOSEPH DSIR CHARNAY (1828-1915)

Andrian Mandrousse, Governor of Tamatave Province, Madagascar

細節

CLAUDE JOSEPH DSIR CHARNAY (1828-1915)
Charnay, Claude Joseph Dasir
Andrian Mandrousse, Governor of Tamatave Province, Madagascar
Albumen print from wet a collodion negative. 1863. Title in ink on the mount.
7 x 4.5/8in. (18.4 x 11.7cm.)

來源

With Robert Hershkowitz Limited, London;
to the present owner.

拍品專文

In 1863 Charnay traveled to Madagascar as part of a French scientific study. Due to political unrest he was limited to travel within the areas in and around the port of Tamatave. However, Charnay managed to record many ethnic types on the island through both his camera and writings which were later included in the journal Le Tour du Monde along with engravings after his photographs. (The Waking Dream, p. 308.)

Another print from this series was sold at Christie's New York, 9 October 1997, lot 124.