Henri Le Secq
French Photographer · 1818–1882
7 works on LinkedCulture
Henri Le Secq, a painter and antiquarian, collected Old Master prints and medieval ironwork. As the son of a politician, Le Secq became an expert on his native Paris and the self-appointed guardian of its historic architectural treasures as the city faced urbanization. Unsurprisingly, his photographs of the city's architecture are the work for which he is best known. In 1851 he became a founder of
Works
Au champ des Cosaques (Montmirail)
Getty Museum · 1852–1853
Chartres Cathedral
Getty Museum · negative 1852; print 1870s
Chartres Cathedral
Getty Museum · negative 1852; print 1870s
![[Chartres, North Transept, Old Testament]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/ede568c8-70f0-4b90-8757-6bd86796bba4/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Chartres, North Transept, Old Testament]
Getty Museum · negative 1852; print 1870s
![[Ébrasement de droite: l'Announciation et la Visitation]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/77ac6a2c-b5c6-407a-b164-63921ba03462/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Ébrasement de droite: l'Announciation et la Visitation]
Getty Museum · 1852
![[Small dwelling in mushroom cave]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/b0b81475-01a9-41cf-a077-878f999e2de4/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Small dwelling in mushroom cave]
Getty Museum · 1851
Tour de Rois à Rheims (Tower of the Kings at Rheims Cathedral)
Getty Museum · negative 1851–1853; print 1853