Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Dress Codes: Portrait Photographs from the Collection
Art Institute of Chicago
28 documented works
Etienne Carjat
Charles Baudelaire (French poet, critic, and writer, 1821-1867)
c. 1863
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5
23.1 × 18.1 cm (9 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Champfleury (born Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson, French critic and novelist, 1821-1889)
c. 1855/59
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6
Image/paper: 22.4 × 18.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
François Coppée (French poet and novelist, 1842-1908)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 23.8 × 19.1 cm (9 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, 1849-1897)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Image/paper: 19.3 × 16 cm (7 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Élie-Louis, duc Decazes (French statesman and diplomat, 1819-1886)
c. 1853/77
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 24 × 19.4 cm (9 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Antoine Gustave Droz (French writer, 1832-1895)
c. 1853/72
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
Image/paper: 23.7 × 19 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Alexandre Dumas (French novelist and playwright, 1802-1870)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5
Image/paper: 23 × 19 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.1 cm (13 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)
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Pierre Petit
Émile Erckmann (French writer, 1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (French writer, 1826-1890)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Image/paper: 23.8 × 19.1 cm (9 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
Charles Garnier (French architect, 1825-1898)
1876/84
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
Image/paper: 23.9 × 19.3 cm (9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Ferdinand J. Mulnier
Hector Giacomelli (French painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1822-1904)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 8
Image/paper: 22.8 × 18.5 cm (9 × 7 5/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
André Gill (French caricaturist, 1840-1885)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6
Image, oval: 19.7 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Chambey
Alfred Grévin (French caricaturist and costume designer, 1827-1892)
1875/77
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image, oval: 19.9 × 15.1 cm (7 7/8 × 6 in.); Paper: 24 × 19.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.2 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Bertall et Cie.
Victor Hugo (French novelist, playwright, and poet, 1802-1885)
1875/76
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Image/paper: 23.5 × 19.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 23.8 × 19 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.2 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Fréderick Lamaître (French actor and playwright, 1800-1976)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Image/paper: 23.9 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 33.9 × 26 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Pierre Petit
Émile Littré (French lexicographer and philosopher, 1801-1881)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Image/paper: 23.9 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.2 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Francis Planté (French pianist, 1839-1934)
1865/73
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5
Image/paper: 23.9 × 19 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (Italian composer, 1792-1868)
1862
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Image/paper: 24 × 19.3 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
George Sand (born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist, 1804-1876)
1864
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 23.5 × 19.1 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Ferdinand J. Mulnier
Victorien Sardou (French playwright, 1831-1908)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 8
Image, oval: 19.5 × 14.9 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Unknown
Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (French doctor and forensic scientist, 1818-1879)
1876/79
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 8
Image/paper: 23 × 18.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Pierre Petit
Alfred-Armand-Louise-Marie Velpeau (French surgeon and anatomist, 1795-1867)
c. 1867
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 23.8 × 19 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.1 cm (13 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)
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Ferdinand J. Mulnier
Daniel Vierge (French illustrator, born Spain, 1851-1904)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Image/paper: 22.6 × 17.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Mount: 32 × 26 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Image, oval: 19.8 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Paper: 24 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Édouard Manet (French painter, 1832-1883)
1865
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Image/paper: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Mount: 36.3 × 27.8 cm (14 5/16 × 11 in.)
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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
Renan
c. 1976
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Image/paper: 24 × 19.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.3 × 26.2 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Ferdinand J. Mulnier
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian composer, 1813-1901)
c. 1872
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
Image; image, oval: 19.7 × 14.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Paper: 23.9 × 18.7 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34.3 × 25.9 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Etienne Carjat
Émile Deshayes de Marère (French politician, 1828-1918)
c. 1876
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6
Image/paper: 22.8 × 18.7 cm (9 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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