Baldus, Edouard-Denis
French (b. Prussia, 1813-1889)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Orange. Theatre Antique [exterior]
TRANSLATED TITLE: Orange. Ancient theatre [exterior]
ALBUM TITLE: --Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et a la Mediterannee--, [Paris ?], Baron James de Rothschild, ca. 1861, pl. 23

ca. 1861
albumen print
42.8 x 33.1 cm.
Museum purchase
GEH NEG: 12507
74:0055:0023

OLD GEH NUMBER: 67:044

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 124.//

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(printed) "Orange. Theatre Antique" (signature facsimile stamp) "E. Baldus"

NOTES: According to M. & M. Auer in the --Photographers Encyclopedia International 1839-Present--, 1985, this album dates to 1859 and was commissioned by Baron James de Rothschild to document the Lyon - Mediterranean line of the Chemins de Fer de Paris. Jammes and Janis date this album to ca. 1855 in --The Art of French Calotype--, 1982, and indicate that the album included earlier work by Baldus from prior projects. In addition, they state that the Lyon-Mediterranean album is considered to be "...the most beautiful French photographic album of the nineteenth century...". However, Malcolm Daniel dates this album to after 1861 (see --Image--, vol. 35, no. 3-4). According to Janis, Daniel's research and dating of this material is the most accurate and complete to date. See 74:0055:1 for album inscriptions. See also 74:0051:1-50 & 74:0053:1-78. Catalogued 8/86, SB, updated 9/92, MMD. Descriptive title from --The Photographs of Édouard Baldus.--, 1994.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins
architecture, amphitheater