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Pierre Petit — Alfred-Armand-Louise-Marie Velpeau (French surgeon and anatomist, 1795-1867)

Pierre Petit

Alfred-Armand-Louise-Marie Velpeau (French surgeon and anatomist, 1795-1867)

1867

Commemorating one of France's pioneering surgeons, Petit's posthumous portrait shows how the Woodburytype process enabled the preservation and dissemination of images of deceased luminaries.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2

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Pierre Petit, Alfred-Armand-Louise-Marie Velpeau (French surgeon and anatomist, 1795-1867), 1867

Commemorating one of France's pioneering surgeons, Petit's posthumous portrait shows how the Woodburytype process enabled the preservation and dissemination of images of deceased luminaries.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Year
1867
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Biographical, Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Documentary, Photographic, Historical, Woodburytype, Portrait, Male Figure

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art