Four panoramic citrate prints, 95x295 mm, numbers on verso, pencil, marginal creases and tears
Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (1869-1926) is best remembered for having returned to France in 1890 to do his military service, thus defying the exile laws. He was arrested, sentenced to two years' imprisonment and finally expelled. The pretender to the French throne lived most of his life in England.
An avid traveler - India, Ethiopia, the Arctic - hunter, ornithologist and taxidermist, Philippe, Duc d'Orléans left behind several hundred photographs taken during his many stays in various European countries. (cf. Photographies de Philippe, duc d'Orléans, Nov. 2001 - Feb. 2002, Musée d'Orsay)
estimate 400/500) EUR
starting price 100 EUR