| Achille Quinet Restoration of the Royal Chaalis Abbey 1850s (or later) Albumen print, hand-coloured 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (56 / 39) LL/43250 Elaborately hand-colored, with color samples and pencil notations with the name of the pigments in the margins, plus a hand-drawn identification in French. The colored print with its directions was given to a painter who was working on the restoration as a guide to the colors to be applied to the actual arch in its restoration.
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