Amazing oversized 11 x 16 albumen portrait of Gustave Eiffel in a three-quarter-length pose by E. Chesnay of Dijon, affixed to its original 16.25 x 21 mount, neatly signed and inscribed on the mount in ink, "A M. A. Truchetet en souvenir du banquet du 1e Fevrier 1890, G. Eiffel.” Displayed in its original frame to an overall size of 18.5 x 23. In fine condition, with chipping to the frame's ornamental veneer (most noticeably to top corners). Around this time Eiffel would have been celebrating the one-year anniversary of the completion of his masterpiece, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which opened on March 31, 1889. Signed photographs of Eiffel are scarce in any size, and virtually unheard of in this massive format.
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