Portraits of prominent 19th century figures : photographs, ca. 1860-1890.

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Portraits of prominent 19th century figures : photographs, ca. 1860-1890.

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Includes original portraits of European and Eastern Royalty; otherwise primarily French figures of the military, judiciary, church and state, as well as artists, writers, scientists, composers, explorers and bicyclists. Includes an interesting series made by Fʹelix Nadar's son, Paul, of Nadar interviewing Michel-Eugʹene Chevreul in 1886.

436 cartes de vistes (.75 linear ft.)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6702291

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910

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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Epithet: alias 'Nadar'; French caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x0001c6 ...

Petit, Pierre, 1832-

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French photographer. From the description of Letters, ca. 1860-1884. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83681253 ...

Potin, Fʹelix,

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Numerous photographs, primarily French, including work by Disdʹeri, Nadar, Petit, Reutlinger and the Italian, Brogi. From the description of Portraits of prominent 19th century figures : photographs, ca. 1860-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398035 ...

Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889

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In 1803, Chevreul began studying with N. Vauquelin at the Musʹeum d'Histoire Naturelle, becoming professor of chemistry there in 1830. In 1807, under Vauquelin's direction, Chevreul began investigating plant dyes. He isolated several natural dyes before turning to the chemistry of natural fats. Chevreul resumed his study of dyes in 1823, and, in 1824, succeeded C. Berthollet as director of dyeing at the Manufactures Royales des Gobelins. From the description of Correspondence and not...

Reutlinger, Charles 1816-1880?

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Brogi, Giacomo, 1822-1881

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Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène, 1819-1889.

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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889) was a French photographer. André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri was born March 28, 1819, and started working with daguerreotypes in 1849. In 1854, he patented the carte-de-visite photograph size. He died October 4, 1889, in Paris, relatively poor. From the guide to the André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri photograph of Pierre Edouard Frere, 1862, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...