Pompeii, Pompey’s Lane, Tomb Monument of Mamia, ca. 1853, Salted paper print from a waxed paper negative, Mount: 13 13/16 in. × 19 3/16 in. (35.1 × 48.8 cm), Photographs, Firmin-Eugène Le Dien (French, 1817–1865), Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884), Born in Paris, Le Dien studied law and served as a clerk before relocating to Algiers in 1848. He took up photography as an amateur while working as a deputy magistrate for the colonial government. Upon returning to Paris, he befriended a group of artists, writers, and aristocrats with ties to the photographer Gustave Le Gray
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Pompeii, Pompey, Lane, Tomb Monument, Mamia, ca, 1853, Salted paper print, waxed negative, Mount, 13 13/16, 19 3/16, 35.1, 48.8 cm, Photographs, Firmin-Eugène Le Dien, French, 1817–1865, Gustave Gray, 1820–1884, Born, Paris, Le Dien studied, law, served, clerk, relocating, Algiers, 1848, up photography, amateur, working, deputy magistrate, colonial government, Upon returning, befriended, group, artists, writers, aristocrats, ties, photographer Gustave, Le, Gray
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