Lot 63
63
CH. MOUSSETTE
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Lire la suite
CH. MOUSSETTE

Orage du 12 Mai 1886 - Eclaire en spirale

Details
CH. MOUSSETTE
Orage du 12 Mai 1886 - Eclaire en spirale
Albumen print. 1886. Credited, titled and dated in ink on mount; credited, titled and annotated Paris and Agrandissement de la portion la plus lumineuse de l'eclaire qui figure a droite sur l'epreuve du cliché originale in ink on reverse of mount.
6¾ x 4 5/8in. (17.1 x 11.8cm.)
Literature
See: Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, vol. 103, p.30, for a similar work entitled Orage du 12 Mai 1886. La Foudre en Spirale.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Descriptif du lot

According to George Eastman House, the first successful photograph of lightning was taken in circa 1885 by William N. Jennings, an amateur photographer. This carefully dated subject is therefore an early example.

En savoir plus sur Photographs

View All
View All