Temple Hindou Moderne à Mondlesir entre Agra & Bombay Hindoustan

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BARON ALEXIS DE LAGRANGE
Temple Hindou Moderne à Mondlesir entre Agra & Bombay Hindoustan
Blanquart-Evrard-process print from a waxed paper negative. Circa 1849 1851. Mounted on card, ruled gilt border, printed title, number 24, printer's credit Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquart-Evrard, à Lille and blindstamp publication title Album Photographique de l'Artiste et de l'Amateur on mount.
8 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (21.3 x 17.3 cm.)

Provenance

The Paul F. Walter Collection;
Christie's, London, Visions of India, 5 June 1996, lot 283

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Lot Essay

The Frenchman Alexis de Lagrange was one of the earliest western photographers to travel to India, where he used the wet paper negative process invented by Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard. This image was included in Album Photographique de l'Artiste et de l'Amateur, an early photographically-illustrated book published by Blanquart-Evrard in 1851.

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