The Theil Mirror. May 18, 1870.

Large albumen photograph measuring 31 x 41 cm on cardboard with the photographer's dry stamp.

Theil sur Vanne is a village in Yonne.
Collars made a series of photographs dedicated to the diversion of the Vanne.

Auguste Hippolyte Collard born in 1812, became interested in daguerreotype photography in 1847. In 1855, he moved to Paris and created the Central Photography Workshop.
He moved towards industrial photography and photographed work on the bridges of Paris. Then, with Baldus to the progress of French railways. Views of public works sites are rare in the work of Auguste Hippolyte Collard.