Asile Imperial de Vincennes, la Pharmacie

Artist Charles Nègre (French, 1820 - 1880)

Dateca. 1858-1859

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 15/16 × 9 1/16 inches (22.7 × 23.02 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2009.6.65

SignedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Ch. Negre"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "73" [circled and crossed out] / "77" [circled] / "34"; On mat recto, bottom, in pencil: "C.N. Asile Imperial de Vincennes, la Pharmacie - 1859 / B 181 / F.H. Expos. Luxembourgh no.134 / Negatif A68".

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DescriptionImage of two men in front of floor-to-ceiling shelves which hold neatly aligned bottles; there is a table in front at which a man wearing an apron is pounding or grinding substances in a mortar using a pestle.

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