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The Foundry — Louis Lafon. The Foundry, 1870s–80s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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AT-00026609

The Foundry

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Artist: Louis Lafon (French, active 1870s–90s)
Date: 1870s–80s
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 36.6 x 47.9 cm (14 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.147

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