Édouard Baldus (1813–1889) Naval maneuvers by the French and British fleets during Queen Victoria’s visit. Inauguration of the Napoléon Basin. Cherbourg Harbor, August 1858. Albumin-salt print, mounted on cardboard. “E. Baldus” signature stamp in black ink and number “120” on the mounting at the bottom. 24 x 42.3 cm Bibliography: Malcolm Daniel, *The Photographs of Édouard Baldus*, New York / Montreal, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Canadian Center for Architecture, 1994, p. 74, fig. 57 (variant). A variant of this print is held in the collections of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.