CLAUDE JOSEPH DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY (1828-1915)

Raharla, Minister to the Queen

細節
CLAUDE JOSEPH DÉSIRÉ CHARNAY (1828-1915)
Raharla, Minister to the Queen
Albumen print. 1863. Title in ink in a later unidentified hand and numbered 22 in pencil on the mount.
8 x 5½in. (20.3 x 14cm.)
出版
See: Hambourg et al., The Waking Dream, cat. no. 110, p. 308.

拍品專文

In 1863, Charnay spent three months in Madagascar as a photographer for a French scientific expedition. While there he wrote of his experiences which were published in 1864 in the journal Le Tour du Monde and illustrated with engravings based on his photographs.