Delmaet & Durandelle
French (active 1862-1890)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Construction of the Paris Opera

ca. 1866-70
albumen print
27.0 x 38.3 cm.
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company: ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
GEH NEGS: 23460 14564
80:0099:0017

OLD GEH NUMBER: 175-318
NON-GEH NUMBER: 186

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 165.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 238.//

--The Second Empire: Art in France under Napoleon III.-- Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1978.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(inscribed in negative) "186" mat recto-(embossed stamp) "Photographie DB Delamaet & Durandelle 22, B' des Fillesdu Calvaire Portraits & Reproductions"

NOTES: Cataloged-L Schaaf, Fall 1982, updated 3/85, PB.

SUBJECT: people, at work