Codice albumGBB-F-004801

Codice inventarioGBB-F-004801-0000

1880 ca, New York, USA : Undentified BROADWAY PLAY or MUSICAL with Shipwrecked scene. Great photographic image by Broadway celebrated theatre photographer MARC GAMBIER (1838 - 1900), New York. Gambier was born and educated in Paris, France. At the age of 19, he came to America for a very short stint of time. He returned to France and became a student of painters Le Creto and Camino. He then returned to America and for five years, studied and worked under esteemed photographer Sarony. He then launched his own photography business in New York City. He divided his time between his first love, painting, and his business of taking and selling photographs. Gambier was known as a great historical painter. He was a veteran of the French Army and while in the service, he sketched and painted several important battles

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