Auction on
17 June 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The embassy secretary’s pictures of 19th-century China, especially the collodion negatives, triggered lively bidding again.
Robert de Semallé (1839-1946), 439 collodion negatives on glass (here, the Summer Palace in Beijing), around 13 x 17 cm each. Result: €640,000
Robert de Semallé (1839-1946), 439 collodion negatives on glass (here, the Summer Palace in Beijing), around 13 x 17 cm each. Result: €640,000
In her interview with us, Alice Jossaume said that the photographs the embassy secretary Robert de Semallé (1839-1946) took during his stay in China between…
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