Door of house in Frascati
Albumen print, 1870s
Tonality 7/10, some edge fading; 260 x 198mm., unmounted
$1500.

The print has G.E. Chauffourier's distinctive numbering ('506 Frascati') in the negative. Chauffourier took over Simelli's studio and printed from his negatives as well as those of A. De Bonis. See the study by Lundberg & Pinto, 2007 (details in Bibliography section), for more information on this remarkable school of unorthodox 'artist's study' photographers whose work prefigured that of Atget by 25 years.