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Les Vierges de Lesbos, poème antique

(French, 1821–1874)
(French, 1813–1870)
(French, 19th century)
(French, 1798–1865)
(French, 19th century)
1858
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with three photographs (salt prints from collodion-on-glass negatives), and one etching.
DimensionsOverall: 32 x 24.8 x 1.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number1983.478
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Description
Paris: Georges Bell, 1858
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926), by whom bequeathed to MFA, accessioned November 9, 1983.
View: 2004.136.10
Calavas Frères
about 1875
Sèvres Vase
Louis-Rémy Robert
1855
Roof, Pavillon Sully, Louvre
Édouard Baldus
about 1855–57
Three Pipers (Trois Pifferari)
Charles Nègre
about 1853–54
Barn
André Giroux
about 1855
The Apostle Preacher Jean Journet
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon
1857
Palais du Luxembourg
Édouard Baldus
about 1858
Still Life of Sèvres Porcelain
Louis-Rémy Robert
1865