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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) — Edmond de Goncourt (French writer and critic, 1822-1896)

Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)

Edmond de Goncourt (French writer and critic, 1822-1896)

1853

One of the luminaries of French literary criticism and co-founder of the naturalist movement, Edmond de Goncourt appears in this early example from the "Galerie Contemporaine" series that revolutionized photographic publishing.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3

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