18.00 USD
Wonderful postcard printed by Monsieur G. Piprot, of "Etoile" Paris. Piprot (himself a photographer as well as being a publisher) often worked with this card's photographer, Professor Edward (sometimes Edouard) Stebbing of Paris. We believe Professor Stebbing was an expatriate Englishman living and working in Paris. He was the special correspondant in France for the British Journal of Photography for a number of years, and was also (as were many photographers at that time) an inventor of some note, producing what was arguably the first "roll film" camera.
A review of this camera appeared in the British Journal of Photography. If you're interested, just follow the link below to a Google extract:
https://books.google.com/books?id=4J4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA572&lpg=PA572&dq=stebbing+camera&source=bl&ots=-6PQsHcSeQ&sig=XnZowOJJ_CayjEvrUknO_c72LzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXqLLdvf_JAhVW9GMKHWV1BbIQ6AEIGTAB#v=onepage&q=stebbing%20camera&f=false
We also have a picture of the camera you can see, offered by the George Eastman House online, as one of our listing images.
Although countless numbers of Stebbing's postcard images seem to have been of the more common "flower girl" variety in which pretty young women clasp bouquets of blossoms to their hearts (we suspect this was, due to its popularity, real "bread and butter" work at that time), he also produced a wide variety of work, and in terms of theatrical portraiture, he may be best known for his many photographs of the famous artiste Mlle. Carmen De Villers.
The particular brilliance and clarity of color in this image is almost certainly due to Monsieur Piprot's "Emaillographie" method of printing. We can't find any specific info on this method unfortunately, but the recipe certainly allowed for an amping up of color and a fine glossy finish beyond much that was typical of the time. Though dated by the sender 1917, we believe this series of cards was printed nearly a decade earlier.
Nice posted condition. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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