Lot Essay
Sitters are identified as follows: Mme. de Ségur (Caret), Dufaure, de Marcére, Pierre Dupont, Arsène Houssaye, L. Blanc, Baudelaire (each by Carjat), Viollet-le-Duc, Edmond de Goncourt (each by Nadar).
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
CARET, CARJAT, CARJAT et Ce., NADAR, ADAM SALOMON
French portraits, 1876-84
Details
CARET, CARJAT, CARJAT et Ce., NADAR, ADAM SALOMON
French portraits, 1876-84
Nine Woodburytype prints, each approx. 9 x 7 in., mounted on card as issued with printed series title Galerie Contemporaine, sitter's identity, and photographer's credit Caret (1), Carjat (5), Carjat et Ce. (1), Nadar (1) and Adam Salomon (1). (9)
French portraits, 1876-84
Nine Woodburytype prints, each approx. 9 x 7 in., mounted on card as issued with printed series title Galerie Contemporaine, sitter's identity, and photographer's credit Caret (1), Carjat (5), Carjat et Ce. (1), Nadar (1) and Adam Salomon (1). (9)
Literature
Goldschmidt & Naef, The Truthful Lens, p. 200, no. 66 and p. 73, no. 31 (illus.)