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Orage du 12 Mai 1886 - Eclaire en spirale

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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.
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