Eugène Cuvelier (1837-1900)

Albumen print, numbered 288 by the photographer in the negative, identified in pencil by an unknown hand upon the mount.

Gauss, U. 1996 p. 133.

The edges of the print were roughly cut by hand with care being taken to leave intact the entire frame area. Light creasing over the whole surface of the print, marginally heavier in the area of the sky. Several small (less than ½cm) tears around the periphery, and the corners slightly chipped. But a lovely print in admirable condition.
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A salt print of this same image was sold under lot number 9 in the Important Collection of Photographs by Eugène and Adalbert Cuvelier, Sotheby's New York, April 2007