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Louis Jean Delton (1865-1925) - Antique photograph
Horse-drawn carriage - Health Service (Red Cross)
Original vintage photograph, attributed to Louis Jean Delton, depicting a horse-drawn carriage pulled by two horses, with a medical van identified by the cross emblem. Two drivers on horseback and a man seated at the rear of the vehicle. Rural scene, probably related to a medical or military service, late XIXᵉ / early XXᵉ century.
Details:
Photographer: Louis Jean Delton (attribution)
Technique: antique photographic print
Subject: horse-drawn carriage - medical service / Red Cross
Period: late XIXᵉ - early XXᵉ century
Size of photograph : 18 × 25 cm
Mounting card dimensions: 27 × 35 cm
Mounting: photo laminated on blue cardboard
Condition: good overall condition, with slight traces of age (patina, small visible marks, see photos)
Interest:
Rare documentary photograph illustrating horse-drawn sanitary transport before motorization. A sought-after subject for collectors of early photography, military history, medicine, the Red Cross or hippomobility.
Authentic piece, sold as shown in photographs.
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