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743 - ROCHEFORT / NAVY / LITERATURE - PIERRE LOTI ( * ) - PHOTOGRA…
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Estimate €300
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ROCHEFORT / NAVY / LITERATURE - PIERRE LOTI ( * ) - PHOTOGRAPH, circa 1870 – A young Pierre Loti in naval cadet uniform, seated facing the camera. - EXTREMELY RARE PHOTOGRAPH of Pierre LOTI as a young cadet at the Royal Naval College, beardless - Bromide mounted on card in visiting-card format, 10.5 x 6.1 cm, by the PHOTOGRAPHER GRAVELEAU, formerly of Maison Burgaud, 72 Rue des Fonderies, ROCHEFORT - ( * ) Louis Marie Julien VIAUD, known as Pierre LOTI: born on 14 January 1850 in Rochefort, died on 10 June 1923 in HENDAYE - Naval officer and captain, 40 years’ service, including 20 ‘at sea’, and WRITER – He drew inspiration from his travels to write his novels… Tahiti, Senegal, Japan, Turkey, Easter Island, China…Brittany, the Basque Country… local romances… Member of the Académie Française from 1891 to 1923, elected to seat 13 against Émile Zola. He was granted a state funeral and is buried in Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron. His house in Rochefort has been turned into a museum. Pierre Loti was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. The Prix Loti, established in 2007, is awarded annually for the best travelogue published the previous year. Five postage stamps bear his likeness, as does a French coin. Numerous streets and schools in France are named after him.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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