Return to Mid-19th-century to Contemporary Landscape Photography   Gustave Le Gray - Horse and Cart, Forest of Fontainebleau Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 10563 Price: P.O.R. Medium: Salt print from waxed paper negative Mount: on original mounts Image Date: 1849c Print Date: 1849c Dimensions: 7-5/8 x 10-1/16 in. (194 x 256 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: France Description: Photographer's name is embossed on recto of the mount at the lower right just below the photograph, which is his earliest mark. The image is probably from Le Gray's first trip to Fontainebleau in 1849. It was certainly taken either then or on his second trip in 1851. This image is not in the Le Gray Catalogue Raisonné and may be a unique print. Viollet-Le-Duc Eugene-Emmanuel de Luynes was highly interested in archeology, numismatics, art, architecture and photography; and he collected all of these articles. He sponsored a major contest for the first method of easy printing of photography and also sponsored numerous photographers and their work, often bringing photographers on his travels, such as the one to Lebanon and Palestine in 1864, when he brought the amateur photographer Louis Vignes along to take photographs of the trip. He sponsored the Bisson brothers on their trip to Italy to document the major architectural ruins and important building there. The duke's collection of 19th-century photography is considered the most important such collection of that period. Provenance: from the collection of Viollet-Le-Duc Eugene-Emmanuel de Luynes; through his heirs. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.