[Cartes-de-visite portraits of European rulers and French figures in the arts]. [ca. 1860-ca. 1869]

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[Cartes-de-visite portraits of European rulers and French figures in the arts]. [ca. 1860-ca. 1869]

Compiled by Baron Haussmann, the highly decorated boards contain his family crest. Many are hand captioned within the ornate borders of the mounts. Among those depicted are: Napoleon III, the Emperor of Austria, the King of Belgium, Lamartine, Flandrin, Vernet, etc. Among the contributing photographers are: Andre Disdéri, Felix Nadar, Charles Reutlinger, Numa Blanc, L. Cremière, Mayer & Pierson, and Bisson Frères.

1 album (150 photographic prints)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8225938

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Numa Blanc & Cie.

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Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910

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French photographer and writer. From the description of Letters, 1856-1909. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84098580 French artist, photographer and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Paris, to Honoré Daumier, 1857 (2 with printed date) and 1858 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872042 Photographer, artist, caricaturist, writer, and balloonist, working in Paris from 1839 on. From the descr...

Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891

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Baron Georges Haussmann (1809-1891) was a French magistrate best known for the controversial rebuilding of Paris when he was prefect of the Seine under Napoleon III between 1853 and 1870. Before attaining this position, he held various other government positions throughout France, including being the prefect of the Gironde during the Second Republic. Following his dismissal from the prefecture of the Seine, Haussmann held various positions in both the public and private sectors. From...

Mayer & Pierson (Firm)

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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) ...

Reutlinger, Carl 1816-1888

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L. Cremière & Cie.

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