Stunning portrait of Lindbergh in Paris
Striking vintage 1927 matte-finish 5.25 x 7.75 portrait by G. L. Manuel Freres, affixed to an 8.5 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. Laurence Hills, Charles A. Lindbergh”. Signed by the studio in the lower margin; the mount also bears a G. L. Manuel Freres label.
In fine condition, with silvering to the image mostly at dark areas near the lower edge, the mount has surface loss along its top edge and a few random stray pencil marks. There is a vertical impression in image at very left of start of inscription.
This historic image was taken just days following his historic transatlantic flight at the studio G. L. Manuel Frères in Paris. Lindbergh became the most famous man in the world overnight after landing at Le Bourget. The French press and major Parisian studios - including G. L. Manuel Frères, a prestigious portrait house - rushed to photograph him. These portraits became some of the earliest formal images of Lindbergh as an international hero.
Laurence Hills was a prominent American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent working in Europe during the 1920s. At the time of Lindbergh’s flight, Hills was serving as the European edition director for the New York Herald Tribune in Paris. He frequently covered Lindbergh's heroics and served as a crucial figure communicating the aviator's success back to American readers.
Stunning portrait of Lindbergh in Paris
Striking vintage 1927 matte-finish 5.25 x 7.75 portrait by G. L. Manuel Freres, affixed to an 8.5 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. Laurence Hills, Charles A. Lindbergh”. Signed by the studio in the lower margin; the mount also bears a G. L. Manuel Freres label.
In fine condition, with silvering to the image mostly at dark areas near the lower edge, the mount has surface loss along its top edge and a few random stray pencil marks. There is a vertical impression in image at very left of start of inscription.
This historic image was taken just days following his historic transatlantic flight at the studio G. L. Manuel Frères in Paris. Lindbergh became the most famous man in the world overnight after landing at Le Bourget. The French press and major Parisian studios - including G. L. Manuel Frères, a prestigious portrait house - rushed to photograph him. These portraits became some of the earliest formal images of Lindbergh as an international hero.
Laurence Hills was a prominent American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent working in Europe during the 1920s. At the time of Lindbergh’s flight, Hills was serving as the European edition director for the New York Herald Tribune in Paris. He frequently covered Lindbergh's heroics and served as a crucial figure communicating the aviator's success back to American readers.
