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Gustave Le Gray
Gustave Le Gray - Business Card
1858 (ca)
Business card
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
LL/39342
Carte de visite Porcelaine du Studio Photographique Gustave Le Gray & Cie, Photographes de S.M. l'Empereur. 35, Boulevard des Capucines a Paris. Porcelain business cards (fr: carte porcelaine) used white lead to give a porcelain effect and as this is a dangerous chemical the use of these cards was limited and they declined in popularity in the 1860s.
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Provenance: Archives du Graveur Stern. 47, Passage des Panoramas, Paris.
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