Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) Boats Leaving the Port of Le Havre, 1856-1857. Albumen print from a collodion glass negative, mounted on card. Signature stamp "Gustave Le Gray" in red lower right. Photographer's dry stamp on lower mount (partially cut). 30 x 41.4 cm Bibliography : - Eugenia Parry Janis, The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Press, 1987, pl. 3, p. 63. - Pierre Apraxine et al, Une passion française - photographies de la collection Roger Thérond, Paris, Filipacchi, 1999, pp. 206-207. - Ken Jacobson, The Lovely Sea View - A study of the marine photographs published by Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858, Ken & Jenny Jacobson, Essex, Petches Bridge, 2001, pl. 7, p. 39. - Sylvie Aubenas, Gustave Le Gray, Paris, BnF / Gallimard, 2002, ill. no. 273, cat. 125, p. 237.