Pathway in the Forest of Fontainebleau — Gustave Le Gray

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Artist: Gustave Le Gray
Date: 1849
Medium: salted paper print from waxed paper negative
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Photography
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

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