Merlimont Premier Vol de Gabriel Voisin (Merlimont, First Flight of Gabriel Voisin), number 2 of 10, from J. H. Lartigue: A Collector's Portfolio 1903-1916
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French, 1894 - 1986
negative 1904; print 1978
Gelatin silver print
157/5000
Image: 6 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (16.6 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (18.7 × 21.3 cm)
Overall: 16 1/16 × 13 1/16 in. (40.8 × 33.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Franklin Davidson MD, Class of 1955
PH.2004.74.7
Publisher
Time Life Books, New York
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in black ink, lower right: 157/5000 U.S.; Printed, on mat, in gold ink, beneath window: 1904 - MERLIMONT PREMIER VOL DE GABRIEL VOISIN, / SUR LE PLANEUR ARCHDEACON; embossed, on mat, bottom: [in circle] ENGLISH-LANGUAGE / PORTFOLIO / SUPERVISED / BY / JACQUES-HENRI LARTIGUE
Provenance
Time Life Books, Inc., New York; sold to Franklin Davidson, pre-1980; given to present collection, 2004.
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