Manouveurs, Chalon
Artist
Gustave Le Gray
(French, 1820 - 1884)
Date1857
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/16 inches (26.04 × 35.72 cm)
Mount: 20 3/4 × 25 1/8 inches (52.71 × 63.82 cm)
Mount: 20 3/4 × 25 1/8 inches (52.71 × 63.82 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.138
SignedSigned on image recto, lower right, in red pen: “Gustave Le Gray”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: “13”;
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “BL33457 HL”;
On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: “P9611006”.
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DescriptionImage of dirt road leading to cavalry lined up in rows; some horses are attached to wagons. Two soldiers on horses appear in the center of the road and in the far distant background more groups of soldiers fill in across the flat landscape. A blurry streak crosses of the road in the foreground.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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