The Zouave Barber (Zouaves de la garde, camp du Châlon)
Artist
Gustave Le Gray
(French, 1820–1884)
Date1857
Mediumalbumen print from wet-plate collodion negative
Dimensions31.6 x 37.2 cm (sheet), 48.1 x 57 cm (mount)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number2000.30
Label TextLe Gray studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts with Paul Delaroche, who encouraged the use of photography. He developed dry waxed-paper negatives that remained sensitive for two weeks, and were viable for nearly a week after exposure. In 1857, Le Gray won the prestigious Imperial commission to photograph the military training camp at Châlons-sur-Marne, where he worked for a month. This is one of his photographs of the famous Algerian infantrymen recruited from the Zouaoua tribe of Berbers living in the Jurjura mountains.ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MAOn View
Not on view
Alphonse Jeanrenaud
mid–late 19th century
Louis-Emile Durandelle
about 1865–1872
