Charles Dargère (French, 1812-1860) Portrait of Onésipe Aguado, 1852 Salt print 6 x 4-7/8 inches (15.2 x 12.4 cm) 12 x 9-1/4 inches (mount) Signed, titled and dated in pencil on mount recto. PROVENANCE: Collection of Honoré d'Albert; Binoche Renaud-Giquello & Associés, Paris, June 25, 2010, Lot 44; Current owner. A wealthy amateur photographer and a familiar figure at the French imperial court, the viscount Onésipe-Gonsalve Aguado de Las Marismas joined the Société Française de Photographie in 1858. With his better-known brother Olympe, a founding member of the society, Onésipe Aguado was among the early makers of photographic enlargements. The two brothers also collaborated on tableaux vivants that depict with wit and playfulness the fads and amusements of elegant society. His most famous image is probably "The Woman from the Back", which was featured on the cover of "The Waking Dream", the catalogue of the Metropolitan's 1993 exhibition of masterpieces from the Gilman Paper Company Collection. Charles Dargère (c.1812-c.1860, France) was a native of the valley of Chevreuse and domestic employee of the Duc de Luynes. His photographs often featured furniture recognizable as being from the studio of Olympe and Onesipe Aguado, where he may have worked part-time. He seemed to have been involved in pulling early inked copies from daguerreotypes in the early 1840s for the Duc de Luynes. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved