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c. 1856

Chartres Cathedral: Detail of Sculpture, Royal Portal (12 Century)

Charles Nègre

French, 1820 - 1880

Charles Nègre developed an early, sophisticated version of photogravure in the 1850s, and used it to produce large-scale prints of Chartres Cathedral, which had recently undergone restorations.

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