Tag: photograph

Alexandre Dumas (c.1862)

Nadar (1820-1910) Alexandre Dumas c.1862 Albumen silver print, 14.6 × 10.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870)

Sarah Bernhardt (c.1864)

Nadar (1820-1910) Sarah Bernhardt c.1864 Gelatin silver print, 21.1 × 16.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles See also: • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923)

Édouard Manet (c.1862)

Nadar (1820-1910) Édouard Manet c.1862 Photograph, 23 x 17.7 cm Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris See also: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)

Honoré Daumier (1856-1858)

Nadar (1820-1910) Honoré Daumier 1856–1858 Salted paper print, 24.4 x 17.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This portrait of the renowned caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier was possibly not a commissioned work, but the result of a voluntary engagement with a…

Jean-François Millet (1856-1858)

Nadar (1820-1910) Jean-François Millet 1856–1858 Salted paper print from paper negative, 26.8 × 21.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See also: • Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)

Femme nue debout (1860-1861)

Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout (Standing Female Nude) 1860–1861 Salted paper print from glass negative, 20.2 x 13.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and left-wing politicians, Nadar is known to have photographed only…

Autoportrait en costume (1862-1864)

Nadar (1820-1910) Autoportrait en costume (Self-Portrait in Costume) 1862–1864 Salted paper print from glass negative, 22.1 x 13.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In the early 1860s, the famous portrait photographer Nadar was spotted at Parisian soirées decked out in…

Pierrot riant (1855)

Nadar (1820-1910) Pierrot riant (Pierrot Laughing) 1855 Gelatin-coated salted paper print, 27.3 x 19.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York We owe the contemporary image of Pierrot to the famous mime Jean-Gaspard Baptiste Duburau, who replaced the ruff and wide white…

Théophile Gautier (c.1856)

Nadar (1820-1910) Théophile Gautier c.1856 Salted paper print from glass negative, 24.8 x 19.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ringmaster, publicist, and performer in a highly theatrical life, the legendary Nadar wore many hats–those of journalist, bohemian, left-wing agitator,…