Steve Given
(SS-0278) - FR Léon Gambetta
French Navy armoured cruiser FR Léon Gambetta
Completed - Arsenal de Brest - 1905
Sunk - 27 April 1915 by Austrian submarine U5
This image was produced from a series of original negatives used to promote the French Fleet of that era. Most of the negatives in this collection received retouching modifications for contemporary postcard or offset printing processes. The retouching was carried out to facilitate or improve the negatives tonal range for the printing process. Some enhancements such as fake clouds, waves, smoke and highlights might still be seen in this reproduction from those negatives.
Please go here to see more ships from my collection -
www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/sets/72157628124846134...
(SS-0278) - FR Léon Gambetta
French Navy armoured cruiser FR Léon Gambetta
Completed - Arsenal de Brest - 1905
Sunk - 27 April 1915 by Austrian submarine U5
This image was produced from a series of original negatives used to promote the French Fleet of that era. Most of the negatives in this collection received retouching modifications for contemporary postcard or offset printing processes. The retouching was carried out to facilitate or improve the negatives tonal range for the printing process. Some enhancements such as fake clouds, waves, smoke and highlights might still be seen in this reproduction from those negatives.
Please go here to see more ships from my collection -
www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/sets/72157628124846134...