Gustave Le Gray 1857 Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons au Général Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély
Album cover Phillips - London Photographs, London, 25 May 2022, Lot: 34
A unique album of 66 albumen prints (44 scenes and 22 portraits) from wet-collodion negatives, mounted to album pages. Fifty-six with red ink facsimile signature stamps and 4 smaller prints with red ink credit stamps, all on the recto; 38 annotated, possibly by Regnaud, in blue ink on the mounts. The majority mounted one-per-page. Oblong folio, dark green leather with gilt embossed title, date, dedication and imperial arms on front cover.
Portraits: each approx. 32 x 24.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Scenes: varying sizes from 13.2 x 17.8 cm (5 1/4 x 7 in.) to 32.6 x 38.7 cm (12 7/8 x 15 1/4 in.) and one six-part panorama 30.6 x 210.5 cm (12 x 82 7/8 in.) overall
Album: 54 x 67 cm (21 ¼ x 26 3/8 in.)
