Hyacinth
Albumen print, 1860s
Tonality- 10/10, minor creasing; 244 x 177 mm., unmounted with photographer's blindstamp on recto
$2400.
Famin is a striking example of a photographer who was little known from exhibitions and press coverage during the 19th century as he mostly produced his work as study aids for artists. Many of Famin's prints, however, were lodged with the Dépôt Légal in Paris from the late 1850s (therefore now in the Bibliothèque Nationale) and show him to be a photographer of rare talent.