Cette photographie fait partie d'une série sur le château de Chenonceau, prise par Gustave Le Gray et Auguste Mestral. Ce cliché est effectué dans le cadre de la Mission héliographique en 1851 et commandé par la Commission des monuments historiques.
Photograph by Gustave Le Gray
Gustave Le Gray
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer. He has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations, his instruction of other noted photographers, and "the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making." He was an important contributor to the development of the wax paper negative.
Read more on WikipediaPart of the Seascape Photography
What followed
Other perspectives
