JEAN DELTON - CHEVAUX

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JEAN DELTON - CHEVAUX
Album "Le Tour du Bois - First Series - Horse Photography - J. Delton in the Bois de Boulogne. 1882": riders, Molier, Duke of Aumale Count of Paris, Ferdinand de Lesseps and his grandchildren, carriages. Album including 27 albumen prints some of them captioned under the image, preface by Delton. Cover with title in gilt letters.images: 10,2 x 8,5 cm approximately; album: 17,5 x 28 cm. "The Delton brothers... present their first views of horsemen or carriages at a walk, which would have earned their father the praise of Marey himself. These first snapshots were collected in a prestigious publication, Le Tour du bois, published by La photographie hippique in 1882. Nicolas Chaudun, In "Le Studio Delton, Miroir du temps des équipages", Actes Sud, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2014, p.34-35..Later in 1884, Jean Delton would succeed in photographing horses in motion and was able to capture the first arrival of the Grand Prix de Paris.
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