LOT DETAILS

Materials:

salt print from a paper negative

Measurements:

12.99 in. (33.00 cm.) (height) by 9.33 in. (23.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

photographer's name, title and date (slightly trimmed) in the negative lower right

Condition:

slight fading in side edges, otherwise in very good condition

Literature:

He stopped photographing in 1856 and devoted the remainder of his life to painting and collecting. Another view by Le Secq from this series of the Emperor's baths is in the collection of the Bibliothequè des arts decoratífs, Paris. – Slight fading in side edges, otherwise in very good condition.