Auguste BELLOC (1800-1867). Study of a Nude with Drapery, circa 1855. Original salted paper print, 19.8 x 14 6 cm. Mounted on cardboard. Numbered 131 in the negative. Defects. - Nude Study, circa 1855. Original salted paper print, 18.6 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card. Numbered 128 in the negative. Defects, soiling. - Nude languishing, circa 1855. Original salted paper print, 19.5 x 14.6 cm. Mounted on cardboard. Marks. - Pensive, circa 1855. Original salted paper print, 14.5 x 19.4 cm. Mounted on cardboard. - The Smile, circa 1855. Original salted paper print, 19.6 x 14.6 cm. Mounted on card. Numbered 67 in the negative. Minor defects. Bibliography: Serge Nazarieff, Early Erotic Photography, Taschen, 1993, page 22 ff. (5 prints in all)

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