Forest Scene, Fontainebleau
Artist
Gustave Le Gray
(French, 1820 - 1884)
Date1852
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 3/16 inches (20.64 × 25.88 cm)
Mount: 16 7/16 × 20 3/4 inches (41.75 × 52.71 cm)
Mount: 16 7/16 × 20 3/4 inches (41.75 × 52.71 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.44.12
SignedStamped on image recto, lower left corner, in red ink: "Gustave Le Gray"
InscribedOn image recto, lower right corner, in negative: "753";
On mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "753.";
On mount recto, lower left corner, black stamp: "2782";
On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "No 7 pg".
MarkingsBlind stamp on mount recto, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / GUSTAVE LE GRAY / PARIS";
Blind stamp on mount recto, upper right corner: "EB".
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DescriptionImage of a forest with trees and foliage growing among boulders.
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Gustave Le Gray
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