Lot 5: NIÉPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR (1805–1870) and MAYER FRÈRES (photography firm active early 1850s) Untitled portrait (Man with arm in vest), early 1850s

NIÉPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR (1805–1870) and MAYER FRÈRES (photography firm active early 1850s) Untitled portrait (Man with arm in vest) , early 1850sphotogravure, mounted on paper signed and inscribed by Niépce de Saint-Victor in pencil (mount, recto) ; lithographed ‘heliographie sur acier / DE MR NIÉPCE DE ST. VICTOR’ and ‘Terminé par A. Riffaut’ and ‘Photographie Mayer Frères’ (margin) image: approximately 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (18.3 x 14.5 cm.) sheet: 9 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm.) mount: approximately 18 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (47.5 x 34.9 cm.)

Online Auction: Bidding begins: 30 Apr, 10am EST Bidding ends: 13 May, 10am