[Fontainebleau Forest], ca. 1860, Salted paper print from paper negative, 25.9 x 19.7 cm. (10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.), Photographs, Eugène Cuvelier (French, 1837–1900), The Forest of Fontainebleau-and, in particular, the small town of Barbizon within it-was a popular destination for artists seeking refuge from urban, industrial life in the mid-nineteenth century. With its forty thousand acres of dense woods intercut with rocky gorges and dotted with ancient oaks, Fontainebleau provided an idyllic natural setting for plein-air painters, such as Corot and Millet, as well as for photographers, including Gustave Le Gray and Eugène Cuvelier
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Fontainebleau Forest, ca, 1860, Salted paper print, paper negative, 25.9 x 19.7 cm, 10, 3/16, x 7, 3/4, Photographs, Eugène Cuvelier, French, 1837–1900, Forest, Fontainebleau, particular, small town, Barbizon within, popular destination, artists seeking, refuge, urban, industrial life, mid-nineteenth century, forty thousand, acres, dense woods, intercut, rocky gorges, dotted, ancient oaks, provided, idyllic natural, setting, plein-air painters, Corot, Millet, well, photographers, Gustave Le, Gray
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