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Le tour du bois : photogravures : photographie hippique au Bois du Boulogne et Boulevard Saint-Germain

Delton, Jean, 1807-1891 · 1884 · 26 pictures

A photogravure album from 1884 by Jean Delton, a Parisian record of equestrian photography taken in the Bois de Boulogne and along the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Its pictures show riders in top hats and dark riding coats on well-bred horses along wooded tracks, with clean tonal range and soft, even light a designer could study for period equestrian poses, costume and outdoor composition.

Horsemen and horsewomen -- Pictorial works · Photography of horses

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library