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Albumen print with caption in the period negative by Léopold MERCIER (1866-1913).
Chimera of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
From the 1880s onwards, Léopold Mercier carried out a lucrative activity in Paris and Cabourg as a photographer and publisher, producing photographic reproductions of works of art and publishing books such as Emile Bayard's L'Histoire de l'Art en Image.
Based at 27 rue de Ponthieu in Paris, he regularly published small advertising leaflets and also produced photographic reports in artists' studios, at art exhibitions, and at major Parisian events, such as the arrival of Buffalo Bill's Circus in Paris in 1905, which resulted in a magnificent series of Sioux portraits. He sold his business in 1913 to retire to his villa in Cabourg. This collection of large-format glass plates was acquired by the Roger-Viollet Agency along with the premises at 6 rue de Seine in 1938.
Léopold MERCIER, Chimera of Notre-Dame de Paris c.1890
Albumen print with caption in the period negative by Léopold MERCIER (1866-1913).
Chimera of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
From the 1880s onwards, Léopold Mercier carried out a lucrative activity in Paris and Cabourg as a photographer and publisher, producing photographic reproductions of works of art and publishing books such as Emile Bayard's L'Histoire de l'Art en Image.
Based at 27 rue de Ponthieu in Paris, he regularly published small advertising leaflets and also produced photographic reports in artists' studios, at art exhibitions, and at major Parisian events, such as the arrival of Buffalo Bill's Circus in Paris in 1905, which resulted in a magnificent series of Sioux portraits. He sold his business in 1913 to retire to his villa in Cabourg. This collection of large-format glass plates was acquired by the Roger-Viollet Agency along with the premises at 6 rue de Seine in 1938.