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In the 1800s, France’s rapid expansion of the rail system made beaches more accessible—seaside resort towns on the Normandy coast were now a short train ride from Paris. In this photograph, the infrastructure of the seaside resort is on display, with cabanas that offer a place to get changed and signs pointing beachgoers to the water. Gustave Le Gray was not the only artist to find inspiration at Sainte-Adresse; Claude Monet and several of his Impressionist colleagues also depicted this beach in their paintings.
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| Title: | Dumont's Baths at Sainte-Adresse |
| Date: | c. 1856 |
| Artist: | Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884) |
| Medium: | Albumen silver print from a collodion on glass negative |
| Dimensions: | Image and sheet: 12 7/16 × 16 1/16 inches (31.6 × 40.8 cm) Mount: 14 1/8 x 19 1/2 inches (35.9 x 49.5 cm) |
| Classification: | Photographs |
| Credit Line: | Purchased with funds contributed by the American Museum of Photography, 1971 |
| Accession Number: | 1971-115-9 |
| Geography: | Photograph taken in France, Europe |
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