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Charles Delahaye

Person in Photograph Charles Hippolyte Delahaye French
1852–53
Not on view
In the 1850s Marville made a series of portraits of Charles Delahaye, his assistant and possibly distant cousin. Twenty-four years Marville’s junior, the young Delahaye appears here as a moody, sensuous figure. Although the print is technically imperfect—the right corner suggests an awkward attempt to correct a flaw in the negative—the closely cropped composition creates a striking immediacy that is unusual in photographs of the period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Charles Delahaye
  • Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
  • Person in Photograph: Charles Hippolyte Delahaye (French, 1835/36– 1878 Paris)
  • Date: 1852–53
  • Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 21.6 x 15.9 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
    Mount: 45 x 31.5 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg and Christian Keesee Charitable Trust Gifts, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.65
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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