Lot n° 2
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 4 026EUR
Eugène LAMOISSE (1824-1899). - Lot 2
Eugène LAMOISSE (1824-1899).
The Guadeloupe Hurricane of September 6, 1865, Marie-Galante and others.
Circa 1860.
Set of fourteen laminated albumen prints from a cut-out photographic album, together with handwritten captions. Some with the author's dry stamp.
Examples of subjects: Rue du bord de mer (south part), House removed by the hurricane and transported 300 meters from its site, View taken from the Presbytery (Marie-Galante), coconut trees broken by the hurricane, Marine Infantry barracks, Place d'Armes - debris from the Halle or Monsieur de Retz's factory (Marie-Galante).
Sizes approx. 27 x 20 cm to 16 x 11 cm.
(various states, stains and foxing).
Note: A newspaper of the period used these visuals to illustrate the disaster.
Provenance: Château de la BRICHE (Indre-et-Loire), former CAIL family.
Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS
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