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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

1876

Literary celebrity culture emerges through mass-produced Woodburytype portraits that brought famous writers into middle-class homes via illustrated periodicals.

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

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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890), 1876

Literary celebrity culture emerges through mass-produced Woodburytype portraits that brought famous writers into middle-class homes via illustrated periodicals.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2
Year
1876
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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French, 19th Century, Photograph, Classical, Historical, Woodburytype, Journalist, Portrait, Figurative, Black and White

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