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Hippolyte Bayard — Le Tombereau
Hippolyte Bayard

Le Tombereau

1842

Working-class subjects receive respectful treatment through careful lighting and composition, democratizing portraiture through photography's new possibilities.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 11 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)

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Hippolyte Bayard, Le Tombereau, 1842

Working-class subjects receive respectful treatment through careful lighting and composition, democratizing portraiture through photography's new possibilities.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 11 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)
Year
1842
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Calotype, Documentary, Cart, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art