Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
“Quelques vues du Mexique” and a Mexico that isn’t coming back. Views of the port of Vera Cruz, photographed between 1864 and 1867. E. Leroy, photographer. Must have gone out with Emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota because the years are the same. Collections of Gallica BnF.
Fountain – Mexico. 1864-1867. View 10, Figure 5, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f10.itemGuadalupe – Mexico. 1864-1867. Figure 8, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f13.itemQuerétaro Alameda. 1864-1867. Figure 14, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f19.item#Aguas- Calientes. 1864-1867. Figure 18, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f23.item#Durango. 1864-1867. Figure 32, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f37.itemGuadalajara. 1864-1867. Figure 36, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f41.item#
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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