a black and white photo of a town with mountains in the backgrounda black and white photo of a village in the mountainsan old photo of a train going under a bridgea picture of an old photo of a farm in the mountainsan old photo of a view of a bridge over a rivera black and white photo of a bridge over a riveran old photo of a city with a castle in the backgroundan old photo of a castle with a bridge in the foregroundan old photo of a large house with a clock on itan old photo of a train going under a bridgea black and white photo of a town with mountains in the backgroundan old photo of a large house with a fountain in front of it
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307 - JEAN ANTOINE DE BERMOND DE VAUX (1798–1871)
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Estimate €500 - €700
Description
JEAN ANTOINE DE BERMOND DE VAUX (1798–1871) Landscapes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, c. 1860. Set comprising 11 albumin prints from paper negatives. The Durance Valley, Sisteron, Noyer-sur-Jabron... Various sizes. 17.5 x 25 cm to 19.5 x 26 cm. Bibliography: - S. Aubenas & Paul-Louis Roubert, Primitifs de la Photographie, 2010 - Le Calotype en France, Gallimard BNF 2010, p. 263. Bermond de Vaux was one of the first photographers in the Basses-Alpes, whose landscapes he began photographing as early as 1850; he used the early paper-negative process when taking his photographs.
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About the sale Paul BENARROCHE Collection and others | Old and modern photographs | Part II
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Auction time 10/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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