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Mer de Glâce, Chamonix
Édouard Baldus (French, 1815 – 1886)
about 1860
Medium/Technique
Photograph, albumen print from paper negative, mounted
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.9 x 42.5 cm (12 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Mount: 47.0 x 61.7 cm (18 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.)
Mount: 47.0 x 61.7 cm (18 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number1989.23
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionThis is the name of a famous glacier on Mont-Blanc, above Chamonix
print on buff mount
print on buff mount
InscriptionsTitle in graphite, l. l. below image; "E. Baldus" stamped in ink, l. r. below image; "122" in graphite, center below image.
ProvenanceWilliam L. Schaeffer, Chester, Conn.; purchased by MFA from Schaeffer January 1989.