Auguste Vacquerie Reading
Auguste Vacquerie Reading

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Auguste Vacquerie Reading,

1852–53

Charles Hugo, French, 1826–1871
2005-37

Information

Title
Auguste Vacquerie Reading
Dates

1852–53

Maker
Charles Hugo
Medium
Salted paper print from a waxed paper negative
Dimensions
image: 10.1 x 7.8 cm. (4 x 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 24.9 x 18.5 cm. (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Florence Gould Foundation
Object Number
2005-37
Place Made

Europe, England, Jersey

Inscription
In graphite, below print: Auguste Vacquerie
Culture
French
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, salted paper prints
Techniques
salted paper processes
Subject
authors, playwright, poet, journalist, figures (representations), reading, men, portraits, book

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