Sale 5022
London, South Kensington
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28 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 600
Estimate
CONSTANT ALEXANDRE FAMIN (1827-1888) Attelage de Boeuf, probably 1860s albumen print 8¾ x 10 3/8in. (22.1 x 26.5cm.)
Provenance
With La Remise du Parc, Paris, 1977.
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Another print of this image is in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and was registered in the dépôt légal in 1874.
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This is a lightly-coated salt print.
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