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Affectionate beyond convention
Quarter-plate daguerreotype
[Léon Lecorne (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)], ca. 1850-55
acquired from a Parisian dealer (2016)
Theodor E. Ulieriu-Rostás collection. Accession number: dag.2016.01
The daguerreotype bears the label of Léon Lecorne, bookseller and stationer in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. However, since the label doesn't include any reference to photographic practice, and I have yet to see another daguerreotype signed by Lecorne, this attribution should be treated with caution; Lecorne may have been responsible for the framing (or a later resealing) rather than the actual making of the daguerreotype.
From what I have been able to find out, Léon Lecorne was alive in 1879, when his name appears in a petition of the residents of Saint-Germain-en-Laye against a Parisian sewage project which would have affected the nearby forest (Forêt de Saint-Germain-en-Laye). The Geneanet genealogical database includes one Leon Claudius Lecorne, resident of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ca. 1825-75, and married to Emma Zoe Claire Jary, but access to details is limited to premium users - that will have to wait for now.
Suggestions and possible analogies are more than welcome.
Affectionate beyond convention
Quarter-plate daguerreotype
[Léon Lecorne (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)], ca. 1850-55
acquired from a Parisian dealer (2016)
Theodor E. Ulieriu-Rostás collection. Accession number: dag.2016.01
The daguerreotype bears the label of Léon Lecorne, bookseller and stationer in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. However, since the label doesn't include any reference to photographic practice, and I have yet to see another daguerreotype signed by Lecorne, this attribution should be treated with caution; Lecorne may have been responsible for the framing (or a later resealing) rather than the actual making of the daguerreotype.
From what I have been able to find out, Léon Lecorne was alive in 1879, when his name appears in a petition of the residents of Saint-Germain-en-Laye against a Parisian sewage project which would have affected the nearby forest (Forêt de Saint-Germain-en-Laye). The Geneanet genealogical database includes one Leon Claudius Lecorne, resident of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ca. 1825-75, and married to Emma Zoe Claire Jary, but access to details is limited to premium users - that will have to wait for now.
Suggestions and possible analogies are more than welcome.