In the Garden
SOLD August 2000 |
Quarter plate daguerreotype of a woman seated in a garden, 1840s. In original glass/plaster mount with studio label for Binois de L'Epine, Valenciennes, France.
Warm, intimate view of a woman in what may be her own garden. The leaves and flowers of the plants are clear and might enable identification. The studio label gives a price schedule and also offers a newly discovered "Northern Accelerating Liqueur" for daguerreotypists. Valenciennes is located in northern France near the border with Belgium.
Label reads "PORTRAITS au Daguerreotype / a l'Ombre / Ressemblance Garantie / chez Binois de L'Epine, Place-d'Armes, a Valenciennes / Prix des Portraits: / 1/6 de Plaque... 6 fr. / 1/4 de Plaque... 10 / 1/3 de Plaque... 12 fr. / 1/2 Plaque... 20 / Groupe de Familles entieres, Portraits pour broches, medallions et camees de toutes dimensions; Fournitures d'appareils, et tout que concerne le Daguerreotype. Liqueur acceleratrice du Nord (novellle decouverte). Lecons de Daguerreotype. Reproduction de vues, edifices, tableaux et interieurs. / NOTA -- Tout ce qui concerne le Daguerreotype, etant une specialite particuliere au commerce du sieur Binois, se paie comptant."
