Statue of Liberty before installation in the US
Albumen print, c. 1884
6/10; 480 x 210 mm, mounted
$3000.
A rare study of the Statue of Liberty taken in France outside the workshop of Gaget, Gauthier & Co. who constructed the statue to Batholdi's specifications. A similar Fernique photograph is in the 'Album de la Construction de la Statue de la Liberté in the New York Public Library. Fernique's rubberstamp is on the mount of this example. Mount somewhat soiled and torn.