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The French Fleet, Cherbourg
Gustave Le GrayAugust 4-6, 1858
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The photograph depicts a fleet of French naval ships in the harbor of Cherbourg in Normandy, France. The occasion is the inauguration of the harbor as well as a new railway line linking the town to Paris. Between August 3 and 21, 1858, Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie visited Brittany and Normandy, anchoring at Cherbourg between August 4 and 8, which is when this photograph was taken.
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Details
- Title: The French Fleet, Cherbourg
- Creator: Gustave Le Gray
- Date Created: August 4-6, 1858
- Location Created: France
- Physical Dimensions: 30.8 × 39.1 cm (12 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print from a glass negative
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2014.57
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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