Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). Photograph with autograph dedication, 1863; albumen print 25.5 x 19cm, mounted on card (32 x 23.5cm on view), framed. Very fine photograph of Berlioz by Pierre Lanith dit Petit Petit (1831-1909), signed lower left in red by the photographer "Pierre Petit"; dry stamp lower center Photographie des Deux Mondes. Berlioz is seated, front view, head bent over his hand, arm resting on the back of the seat. At the bottom, on the card, dedication to music publisher Antoine de Choudens (1825-1888): "à Mr Choudens souvenir affectueux H. Berlioz 4 août 1863". In the same year, 1863, Choudens published Berlioz's score of Les Troyens. Provenance: former Richard MACNUTT collection.