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The French Fleet at Cherbourg
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recto image overall

The French Fleet at Cherbourg

Artist Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)
Date1858
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 13/16 × 16 inches (30 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 20 3/4 × 27 7/8 inches (52.71 × 70.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.21.17
SignedOn image recto, lower right corner, stamped in red ink: "Gustave Le Gray"; Blindstamp on mount recto, bottom center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / GUSTAVE LE GRAY & C / PARIS".
InscribedOn mount recto, lower left corner, in black pen: "21738."; On mount recto, lower right corner, in black pen: "No. 42".
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DescriptionImage of a seascape with a group of ships clustered on the horizon line; their sails are down and no clouds are visible in the sky.
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