Roma

Eugène Constant|Edouard Mauche et Cie

1848–52 · Salted paper print from glass negative · Photographs

Constant, who associated with the painter-photographers at the Caffè Greco, was the first in Rome to use the method of albumen on glass plate negatives devised by the Frenchman Niépce de Saint-Victor in 1847. This remarkable album contains thirty prints by Constant, each affixed to a page bearing the blind stamp of the bookseller Edouard Mauche (who sold his views).

Artist

Eugène Constant|Edouard Mauche et Cie

Date

1848–52

Medium

Salted paper print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005