(Alfred DREYFUS) Charles GERSCHEL
Portrait photographique dédicacé d'Alfred Dreyfus
Gerschel|Paris s. d. [1899]|10.70 x 16.30 cm|une photographie au format carte-cabinet
Original albumen print, cabinet card mount with the stamp of the Gerschel studio. Bottom margin skillfully restored, a trace a folding in the left corner.
We have only been able to locate one other copy of this photograph, inscribed to Bernard Lazare, now in the Musée...
Extremely rare signed inscription by Alfred Dreyfus in the top margin: “Souvenir reconnaissant et affectueux. A. Dreyfus” (“Grateful and affectionate souvenir”).
This portrait was taken by Charles Gerschel on September 27, 1899 in the garden of Dreyfus' brother-in-law Joseph Valabrègue in Carpentras. A week after his official pardon, the captain had come to Carpentras seeking isolation and rest while awaiting his rehabilitation.We have only been able to locate one other copy of this photograph, inscribed to Bernard Lazare, now in the Musée...
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