Salers cow with her calf

Adrien Tournachon, 1856

48 months old, presented by Mr. J. Fabre, from Saint-Bonnet (Cantal). 1st prize in the Salers, Aubrac, Auvergne, and Mezenc category

Salt-paper print with a protective coating from a collodion glass negative, 20.3 x 27.6 cm.

BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-99-FOL

As early as 1855, Adrien was specializing in animal photography. He reproduced his images of farm animals - goats, merinos sheep, cattle, horses and more - for farm shows and in luxurious photo albums. This series was taken at the 1856 World's Agricultural Fair. Out of 120 shots, 50 were used for Emile Baudement's book, Cattle Breeds at the 1856 World's Agricultural Fair in Paris: Zootechnical Studies, published in 1861.

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