The walled garden of Chalet Magazin, Ax-les-Thermes, France,” July 1906, by Eugène Trutat, via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.
From over the wall I could hear the laughter of women
in a foreign tongue, in the sun-rinsed air of the city. . . .
. . . the sound filled up the garden and lifted
like bubbles spilling over the bricks that enclosed them. . .
— Mary-Sherman Willis, from “The Laughter of Women“
Paul Trutat at Cornusson, France, by his father, Eugène Trutat. All photos here via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.
Do you have a favorite outdoor spot for taking family photographs?
For early French photographer Eugène Trutat (1840 – 1910), it seems to have been this garden path, which was in Cornusson, a village in the Parisot commune in the Midi-Pyrénées.
The property may have been part of the family home of his wife, Caroline Cambe. The couple were married in Cornusson in 1864. Paul (above) was born in 1865 and Henri in 1868.
(There’s a sweet picture of the two little boys together here.)
Eugène was from Toulouse. In addition to being a photographer, he was a naturalist, geologist, mountaineer of the Pyrénées, and a curator of the Museum of Toulouse.
Caroline (née Cambe) in a man’s suit. I believe this was taken between 1859 and 1870.
Caroline and her mother, ca. 1864- ca. 1875.
Extended family group. If the boys in the picture are Paul and Henri, then the date is probably about 1871-75.
Jeanne and Henriette, (household servants?), between 1859-1910.
Women’s headdress, Jeanne and Clémence, between 1859-1910.
Two women and a young boy next to a balcony of roses at the Trutat chalet, Foix in the Midi-Pyrénées of France.
The autochrome was taken ca. 1903 by Eugène Trutat, via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.
Look, Delia, how w’ esteem the half-blown rose
The image of thy blush and summer’s honour. . .— Samuel Daniel, from “Delia 31“
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