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Gustave Le Gray — The Tugboat
Gustave Le Gray

The Tugboat

1856

Revolutionary for its time, this seascape solved the persistent problem in early photography of capturing both sky and water detail by combining two separate exposures, establishing Le Gray as the master of the photographic seascape.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Vistas del Mar"

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Gustave Le Gray, The Tugboat, 1856

Revolutionary for its time, this seascape solved the persistent problem in early photography of capturing both sky and water detail by combining two separate exposures, establishing Le Gray as the master of the photographic seascape.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Vistas del Mar"
Year
1856
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Industrial, Seascape, Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, 19th Century, Landscape, Marine, Tranquil

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art