A mid-1800s photo of a
train station with
train and coal depot, taken by
Gustave Le Gray, "the most important
French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations in the still-new medium of
photography and his role as the teacher of other noted photographers. Two of his photographs were sold in 1999, setting world records for most expensive single photograph ever sold at auction.
Restoration: Lise Broer