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A set of ten albumen stereoviews titled “Ten genre stereoviews, one by Chevalier & Champeaux, Paris, c.1860–1880”, including seven hand-coloured views and one credited to F. Chevalier & A. Champeaux of Belleville, Paris.
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Title
Ten genre stereoviews, one by Chevalier & Champeaux, Paris, c.1860–1880
Summary
Ten stereoviews of staged genre scenes, some hand-coloured and some uncoloured. They are mounted on cream, grey, orange, pale blue, blue and yellow card. No. 3 carries the printed credit of F. Chevalier & A. Champeaux of Belleville, Paris, and no. 9 has the printed verso label “THE OLD, OLD STORY.” Subjects include drawing-room scenes, two eighteenth-century costume tableaux, a railway “Way Station” scene, a mother and child reading, and a courting couple.
Description
The group consists of stereoviews made from paired albumen prints, mounted on card. Seven are hand-coloured and three are uncoloured. Nos. 2 and 8 are printed as a single strip with no arched tops. Items are numbered row by row, left to right, in the order supplied.
No. 1, untitled. A drawing room with a floral wall border, a framed painting and purple curtains. Two men sit at a table lit by a candelabrum, and a young woman in a green dress holds the hand of one of them. The print is heavily overpainted, and the mount is cream. Verso blank.
No. 2, untitled. A crowd at a railway station under a sign reading “WAY STATION”. A man in a top hat stands on a trunk with a cane raised, surrounded by men with luggage, while a porter bends over a case. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is orange. Verso blank, apart from a pencil number along the right edge, possibly “26706”.
No. 3, untitled. A salon with candelabra and a mirror. A boy in a light jacket climbs onto a chair, a man in a dark coat holds a yellow hat, and a woman in purple sits at right. A painted caption panel in French appears on the floor in both images but is largely illegible. The print is hand-coloured. The mount is pale blue, with a printed ruled border and a printed credit along the right edge: “F. CHEVALIER & A. CHAMPEAUX, PHOT. RUE St DENIS, 52, A BELLEVILLE”. Verso grey, blank.
No. 4, untitled. A room with striped curtains. A figure lies in a bed with white bedclothes, a man sits beside it, and women in a striped skirt and a green kerchief stand nearby. Vegetables lie on a chair in the foreground. The print is heavily overpainted, and the mount is yellow. Verso white, blank.
No. 5, untitled. An eighteenth-century costume tableau in a salon with chandeliers and framed paintings. Gentlemen in powdered wigs and long coats bow to ladies seated on a sofa in wide skirts of white, blue and pink. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, with pencil notations: “6” in the upper left corner, “1.-” in the upper right corner and “1” in the lower right corner.
No. 6, untitled. A companion scene to no. 5 in a similar set. A party in eighteenth-century dress sits around a table under a crystal chandelier, with women in blue, pink and green in the foreground. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, with pencil notations: “6” in the upper left corner, “1.-” in the upper right corner and “1-” in the lower right corner.
No. 7, untitled. A woman in a lace cap sits in a carved chair with a young girl beside her, reading from a sheet on her lap. Behind them are a patterned screen, a vase of flowers and a tureen. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is grey. Verso grey, with pencil notations: “95” at the top centre, “12” in the upper right corner, and a word in the lower left corner, partly legible.
No. 8, untitled. A family at a tea table in front of a dresser with porcelain and candelabra. A woman in purple and a woman in pink sit at the table with a man, and a girl stands behind them. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is blue. Verso blue, blank.
No. 9, “The Old, Old Story”. A young man in breeches leans towards a girl in a white cap and laced bodice. She sits on a basket in front of a plank door, with a barrel and a jug beside them. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is grey. Verso: a printed label with a decorative border, pasted on: “THE OLD, OLD STORY.” There is a pencil notation in the upper right corner, “9.-”, and further pencil notations along the right edge, partly legible, including “90”.
No. 10, untitled. A group of girls sits around a table covered with a cloth and looks at a doll or infant laid on it. Two boys, one in a cap, stand behind them in front of a curtain. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, blank, apart from a pencil notation in the lower right corner, “2.-”.
Series
Nos. 5 and 6 come from the same set and costume tableau.
Photographer
No. 3: F. Chevalier & A. Champeaux, Belleville, Paris. The other items are by unidentified photographers.
Period
c.1860–1880. No. 3 is c.1859–1865, and no. 2, on its orange mount, is probably 1870s.
Technique
Albumen prints mounted as stereoviews on card. Nos. 1, 3–6, 8 and 9 are hand-coloured, and nos. 2, 7 and 10 are uncoloured.
Country of origin
France for no. 3. Probably France for nos. 4–6, 8 and 10, based on the yellow and blue mounts. Probably England for nos. 1, 7 and 9. Probably United States for no. 2, based on the orange mount and the term “Way Station”.
Dimensions
17.5 × 8.5 cm (approx.)
Condition
The group is in fair to good condition overall, with light edge and corner wear to the mounts and scattered spotting on several versos. No. 2 is faded overall, and its mount is chipped at the upper left corner. No. 3 has abraded and faded colouring, and there is staining on the left part of the mount. No. 4 has small white surface losses in the left image. No. 5 has flaking of the colour in the upper part of both images. No. 7 has foxing in the left margin of the mount and spotting on the verso. No. 8 has a small loss at the lower centre of the left image.
Keywords
France, Paris, England, Chevalier & Champeaux, stereoview, hand-coloured albumen print, genre scene, costume tableau, Second Empire, c.1860
Title
Ten genre stereoviews, one by Chevalier & Champeaux, Paris, c.1860–1880
Summary
Ten stereoviews of staged genre scenes, some hand-coloured and some uncoloured. They are mounted on cream, grey, orange, pale blue, blue and yellow card. No. 3 carries the printed credit of F. Chevalier & A. Champeaux of Belleville, Paris, and no. 9 has the printed verso label “THE OLD, OLD STORY.” Subjects include drawing-room scenes, two eighteenth-century costume tableaux, a railway “Way Station” scene, a mother and child reading, and a courting couple.
Description
The group consists of stereoviews made from paired albumen prints, mounted on card. Seven are hand-coloured and three are uncoloured. Nos. 2 and 8 are printed as a single strip with no arched tops. Items are numbered row by row, left to right, in the order supplied.
No. 1, untitled. A drawing room with a floral wall border, a framed painting and purple curtains. Two men sit at a table lit by a candelabrum, and a young woman in a green dress holds the hand of one of them. The print is heavily overpainted, and the mount is cream. Verso blank.
No. 2, untitled. A crowd at a railway station under a sign reading “WAY STATION”. A man in a top hat stands on a trunk with a cane raised, surrounded by men with luggage, while a porter bends over a case. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is orange. Verso blank, apart from a pencil number along the right edge, possibly “26706”.
No. 3, untitled. A salon with candelabra and a mirror. A boy in a light jacket climbs onto a chair, a man in a dark coat holds a yellow hat, and a woman in purple sits at right. A painted caption panel in French appears on the floor in both images but is largely illegible. The print is hand-coloured. The mount is pale blue, with a printed ruled border and a printed credit along the right edge: “F. CHEVALIER & A. CHAMPEAUX, PHOT. RUE St DENIS, 52, A BELLEVILLE”. Verso grey, blank.
No. 4, untitled. A room with striped curtains. A figure lies in a bed with white bedclothes, a man sits beside it, and women in a striped skirt and a green kerchief stand nearby. Vegetables lie on a chair in the foreground. The print is heavily overpainted, and the mount is yellow. Verso white, blank.
No. 5, untitled. An eighteenth-century costume tableau in a salon with chandeliers and framed paintings. Gentlemen in powdered wigs and long coats bow to ladies seated on a sofa in wide skirts of white, blue and pink. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, with pencil notations: “6” in the upper left corner, “1.-” in the upper right corner and “1” in the lower right corner.
No. 6, untitled. A companion scene to no. 5 in a similar set. A party in eighteenth-century dress sits around a table under a crystal chandelier, with women in blue, pink and green in the foreground. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, with pencil notations: “6” in the upper left corner, “1.-” in the upper right corner and “1-” in the lower right corner.
No. 7, untitled. A woman in a lace cap sits in a carved chair with a young girl beside her, reading from a sheet on her lap. Behind them are a patterned screen, a vase of flowers and a tureen. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is grey. Verso grey, with pencil notations: “95” at the top centre, “12” in the upper right corner, and a word in the lower left corner, partly legible.
No. 8, untitled. A family at a tea table in front of a dresser with porcelain and candelabra. A woman in purple and a woman in pink sit at the table with a man, and a girl stands behind them. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is blue. Verso blue, blank.
No. 9, “The Old, Old Story”. A young man in breeches leans towards a girl in a white cap and laced bodice. She sits on a basket in front of a plank door, with a barrel and a jug beside them. The print is hand-coloured, and the mount is grey. Verso: a printed label with a decorative border, pasted on: “THE OLD, OLD STORY.” There is a pencil notation in the upper right corner, “9.-”, and further pencil notations along the right edge, partly legible, including “90”.
No. 10, untitled. A group of girls sits around a table covered with a cloth and looks at a doll or infant laid on it. Two boys, one in a cap, stand behind them in front of a curtain. The print is uncoloured, and the mount is yellow. Verso yellow, blank, apart from a pencil notation in the lower right corner, “2.-”.
Series
Nos. 5 and 6 come from the same set and costume tableau.
Photographer
No. 3: F. Chevalier & A. Champeaux, Belleville, Paris. The other items are by unidentified photographers.
Period
c.1860–1880. No. 3 is c.1859–1865, and no. 2, on its orange mount, is probably 1870s.
Technique
Albumen prints mounted as stereoviews on card. Nos. 1, 3–6, 8 and 9 are hand-coloured, and nos. 2, 7 and 10 are uncoloured.
Country of origin
France for no. 3. Probably France for nos. 4–6, 8 and 10, based on the yellow and blue mounts. Probably England for nos. 1, 7 and 9. Probably United States for no. 2, based on the orange mount and the term “Way Station”.
Dimensions
17.5 × 8.5 cm (approx.)
Condition
The group is in fair to good condition overall, with light edge and corner wear to the mounts and scattered spotting on several versos. No. 2 is faded overall, and its mount is chipped at the upper left corner. No. 3 has abraded and faded colouring, and there is staining on the left part of the mount. No. 4 has small white surface losses in the left image. No. 5 has flaking of the colour in the upper part of both images. No. 7 has foxing in the left margin of the mount and spotting on the verso. No. 8 has a small loss at the lower centre of the left image.
Keywords
France, Paris, England, Chevalier & Champeaux, stereoview, hand-coloured albumen print, genre scene, costume tableau, Second Empire, c.1860
Details
Date of print
1860
Artist
Unknown
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Title of artwork
Ten genre stereoviews, one by Chevalier & Champeaux, Paris, c.1860–1880
Condition
Reasonable
Technique
Albumen paper process
Height
8.5 cm
Width
17.5 cm
Signature
Not signed
Genre
Portrait
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