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Etienne Carjat — Henri Monnier

Etienne Carjat

Henri Monnier

1876

Part of Carjat's ambitious photographic survey of French cultural luminaries, this woodburytype portrait captures actor and caricaturist Henri Monnier with the sharp detail characteristic of this sophisticated printing process.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4

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Etienne Carjat, Henri Monnier, 1876

Part of Carjat's ambitious photographic survey of French cultural luminaries, this woodburytype portrait captures actor and caricaturist Henri Monnier with the sharp detail characteristic of this sophisticated printing process.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
Year
1876
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Literary Figure, Photographic, Historical, Woodburytype, Man, Portrait, Formal

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