Le Secq, Henri
French (1818-1882)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Farmyard scene, near St.-Leu-d' Esserent

ca. 1852
cyanotype print from paper negative
21.7 x 32.2 cm.
Museum purchase
GEH NEG: 5480
81:1465:0007

OLD GEH NUMBER: 1082-7
NON-GEH NUMBER: 219

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Janis, Eugenia Parry. --The Second Empire: Art in France under Napoleon III.-- Philadelphia: 1978. p. 417-418.//
Buerger, Janet E. --The Era of the French Calotype.-- Rochester, NY: IMP/GEH, 1982.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 119.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"French Primitive Photography", US, PA, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, November 17 - December 28, 1969. (Traveled).//
"Era of the French Calotype", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 17 -November 28, 1982.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//

NOTES: Cataloged for IMP/GEH Video disc project, Fall 1982, updated 4/85. Video disc frame reference #V29050.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, farmyard
architecture, domestic