Rural Scene with Stone Building and Cross

Inscriptions

Written in pencil on verso: "Paul Perier";"#100"; "34 / 20 x 25.5"; "24 x 25.5"

Exhibition history

France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).

Artist: Charles-Fortunat-Paul-Casimir Perier (French, 1812–1897)
Date: c. 1857
Medium: albumen print from wax paper negative
Dimensions: Image: 19.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Accession no.: 1996.247

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