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(CYANOTYPES/ENGINEERING)
A selection of 63 spectacular cyanotypes documenting the construction of a vast trestle bridge in
the southern French countryside near Carmaux, and comprising views of the day-by-day building
of the foundations, trestles and spans, through the various seasons. Cyanotypes, approximately
8
3
/
4
x11
1
/
4
inches (22.2x28.6 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with dates, some by hand, in pencil or
in ink, but more frequently in the negative, some also captioned in the negative, Société de
Construction des Batignelles, and 2 with a caption, in pencil, in French, on verso; most with a strip
of paper mounted to the top of the print verso. 1899-1902
[5,000/7,500]
WITH
—
Two additional prints of the bridge construction in winter, taken from afar, including one silver
print and one cyanotype of the same image, each measuring 6
1
/
2
x8
1
/
2
inches (16.5x21.6 cm.), and
each comprised of two prints joined on verso; the cyanotype with the date, in pencil, on verso. 1902.
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