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Carjat, Étienne
(1828-1906)Album de la Galerie Contemporaine: Biographies & Portraits

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Album de la Galerie Contemporaine: Biographies & Portraits. 1888. 12 Woodburytypes mounted on album pages (some light foxing). Each 23 x 18 cm (34 x 27 cm). With photographer’s name, sitter’s name, and publisher’s information below the image, along with a biographical text accompanying each portrait. Bound in contemporary cloth-backed album with gilt-embossed title and decorative ornamentation in black and blue (edges worn, some stains and scuff marks).

An essential chronicle of 19th-century French intellectuals, writers, and artists, this volume features Carjat’s iconic portrait of Charles Baudelaire, alongside those of other luminaries such as Edmond de Goncourt, Madame de Ségur and Viollet-le-Duc. – Some light scuff and pressure marks, otherwise all in excellent condition.