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Hurdy-Gurdy players
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UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER, POSSIBLY E. K. TENISON (1805-1878)
Hurdy-Gurdy players
Blanquart-Evrard process print. 1853. Printed publisher's and printer's credits and series title Etudes Photographiques, numbered 58 and 239 in pencil on mount.
8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm.)
Hurdy-Gurdy players
Blanquart-Evrard process print. 1853. Printed publisher's and printer's credits and series title Etudes Photographiques, numbered 58 and 239 in pencil on mount.
8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm.)
Provenance
From the artist;
to Charles-Frédéric Kuhlmann (1803-1881);
by descent to the present owner.
Kuhlmann, who began his career as a Chemistry professor in Lille, was named Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1854 and in 1867 was awarded the title of Commandeur for his outstanding contributions to the field of Chemistry. He was a strong supporter of Blanquart-Evrard's photographic experimentation and helped finance his l'Imprimerie photographique, which opened in the summer of 1851 in Loos-les-Lille.
to Charles-Frédéric Kuhlmann (1803-1881);
by descent to the present owner.
Kuhlmann, who began his career as a Chemistry professor in Lille, was named Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1854 and in 1867 was awarded the title of Commandeur for his outstanding contributions to the field of Chemistry. He was a strong supporter of Blanquart-Evrard's photographic experimentation and helped finance his l'Imprimerie photographique, which opened in the summer of 1851 in Loos-les-Lille.
Literature
See: Jammes, Blanquart-Evrard et les Origines de l'Édition Photographique Française, p. 206, pl. 58/239.
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