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Douarnenez, A Fishing Village in Brittany

(French, active in 1824–1880?)
1858–59
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print from glass plate negative, corners rounded, mounted
DimensionsImage/Sheet (rounded corners): 20.3 x 26.7 cm (8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Mount: 35.6 x 46.7 cm (14 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund
Accession number1998.74
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsOn print, stamped in red ink, l.r.: Furne fils. On mount, bottom ctr, blind stamp of Furne coat-of-arms with penciled "20". On mount, in pencil, l.l.: Douarnenez.
ProvenanceRobert Hershkowitz, Sussex, England; June 1998, sold by Robert Hershkowitz to the MFA.