File:Gustave Le Gray-The Great Wave.jpg

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Collodion image, achieved with dissociated exposure of sea and sky, combining both negatives in the positive copy.

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English: Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884). 'The Great Wave, Sète, 1857. Albumen silver print from glass negative; 33.7 x 41.4 cm (13 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.)
Français : Gustave Le Gray (Français, 1820–1884). La Grande Vague, Sète, 1857. Albumen silver print from glass negative; 33.7 x 41.4 cm.
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Source The metropolitan Museum of Art
Author
Gustave Le Gray  (1820–1884)  wikidata:Q982549
 
Gustave Le Gray
Alternative names
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Le Gray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Le Gray; J. B. Gustave Le Gray; Gustave Legray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Legray; Gustave le Gray; Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray
Description French photographer, painter and daguerreotypist
Date of birth/death 30 August 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1884 / 30 July 1884 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Villiers-le-Bel Cairo
Work period 1860 Edit this at Wikidata–1884 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q982549
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