Photograph of a rain-soaked Charles de Gaulle praying in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Nice, 1948

by Charles De Gaulle, Dmitri Kessel, photographer

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Printed circa 1984. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 11-3/8 x 10-3/8 inches. Very good. Docketed on verso with indications to the printer for reduction and placement. Item #232457 Rare print of this famous image of the French leader, praying on the eve of the elections for the National Assembly of 1948, standing before an altar in his rain-soaked uniform. Taken by the Ukrainian-born photographer Dmitri Kessel

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