Victor Prevost

French-born Victor Prevost (French: [pʁəvo]; c. 1820–1881) was one of the earliest photographers to work in New York City.

[1] He studied in France under Paul Delaroche, and learned complicated photographic printing techniques from fellow student, Gustave Le Gray.

However, after setting up his own studio on Broadway and Bleecker Street (he emigrated in 1850), Prevost failed to become a commercial success.

[3] Prevost's landscapes are a subtle, and rather idiosyncratic mix of the documentary and aesthetic traditions.

The bulk of the artist's oeuvre resides in the George Eastman House, the Museum of the City of New York, and the New York Historical Society (though the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., amongst others, also own prints and negatives).