Adolphe Braun - 1812-1877 - was a one of the most influential French photographers of the 19th century an he published a successful collection of floral designs in 1842 and In the early 1850s, Braun began photographing flowers to aid in the design of new floral patterns.Making use of the recently developed collodion process, which allowed for print reproduction of the glass plates, he published over 300 of his photographs in an album, "Fleurs photographiées", in 1855. These photographs caught the attention of the Paris art community and Braun produced a second set for display at the Paris Universal Exposition that same year. This photograph is one of the most ancient he does and is perfect , never exposed and present a perfect conservation mode. Provenance from a famous italian photographs collecteur. It will be sell with a conservative paper and frame, like you can see in the pictures here presented. Accurate shipping and insurence.