Chartres
Henri Le Secq
(French, 1818–1882)
1852
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, photolithograph printed on chine collé
Photolithograph (Lemercier, Lerebours, Barreswil, and Davanne)
DimensionsImage: 33.5 x 24 cm (13 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 57 x 40 cm (22 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles W. Millard III
Accession number2019.259
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsPrinted "6 / Chartres / Négatif par Lesecq. / Photographié sur pierre par M.M. Lemercier, Lerebours, Barreswil et Davanne / Imp. Lemercier, 57. r. de Seine, Paris / Paris_Goupil et Cie / Lerebours et Secretan, Edrs / Paris_Gide et Baudry" and inscribed "15" in pencil on mount.ProvenanceBy about 1994, Stephen White Associates, Studio City, CA to Jay McDonald, Santa Monica, CA; September 16, 2014, sold by Jay McDonald, through Hans P Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs, New York to Charles Warren Millard III (b. 1932 - d. 2017), Los Angeles, Washington, D. C., and Chapel Hill, NC; 2019, bequest of Charles Millard to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)