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Dubois de Nehaut, Louis-Pierre-Théophile
(1799–1872)Military exercise at the Longchamp Hippodrome, Bois de Bologne

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Military exercise at the Longchamp Hippodrome, Bois de Bologne. 1857. Albumen print, mounted to card. 19,1 x 21,7 cm (mount 32,6 x 48,5 cm). Annotated "On fait sortir les curieux du terrain de maneuvres" in black ink below the image on the mount; photographer’s blindstamp in lower left corner of the print and below the image on the mount.

Chevalier Louis Pierre Dubois de Nehaut exemplifies the mid-19th-century amateur photographer, whose work reflects the early technical and aesthetic advances of the medium. Originally a magistrate in Lille, he settled in Brussels in 1851, where he pursued photography with an interest in movement, shifting light, and elevated viewpoints. The present photograph belongs to a series documenting the grand military review of the Imperial Guard held in June 1857 in the Bois de Boulogne on the occasion of the visit of the King of Bavaria. Taken on the Plaine de Longchamp, it captures the intersection of military spectacle and public leisure, with crowds gathered along the edges of the field as the terrain is cleared for maneuvers.