Enhanced photography - Alexandre Bertrand (1822-1889)- Golden frame - Circa 1865

✨the collections of la valise arlésienne✨ The arlesian suitcase reveals its photographic treasures. Taken out of this suitcase, these carefully selected curiosities are promised to other trips. The gallery is located at 8 rue du docteur fanton in arles, the world capital of photography. Subject: enhanced photograph - alexandre bertrand (1822-1889) - golden frame. Year: circa 1865. Enhanced photograph format 18 X 14 cm in gilded frame with dry stamp. Portrait young woman leaning on a table. Label glued to the back: a. Bertrand paris. For more than twenty years, alexandre bertrand was a daguerreotypist and then a photographer in the capital. He is said to have founded his house in 1846 at the age of 24. After having worked 6 bis quai des orfèvres, he moved in 1851 to 34 rue dauphine. Later he boasted of having made more than 80, 000 daguerreotype portraits. The musée d'orsay preserves several portraits of him.