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Odart de Parigny: domestic staff, France ca. 1861

Image of Odart de Parigny: domestic staff, France ca. 1861

Unusual composition!

Early amateur photograph by Jacques Henri Alfred Odart de Parigny. It is photographed at the Château du Bouchet. The household staff poses just out of the center in the garden of the castle. A lovely and unusual composition.
Albumen print from a collodion glass negative. Original retouching on the feet of the people.

Text under the image in pencil: "1861 - Château du Bouchet - Personnel du Château"

photo ca. 15,2 x 12 cm
mount ca. 22,1 x 19 cm

Provenance: Odart de Parigny family

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