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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) — Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (French architect, 1814-1879)

Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)

Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (French architect, 1814-1879)

1878

Renowned architect and Gothic Revival theorist Viollet-Le-Duc is captured in this woodburytype, part of the comprehensive documentation of 19th-century French intellectual life that made Nadar's studio legendary.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5

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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon), Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (French architect, 1814-1879), 1878

Renowned architect and Gothic Revival theorist Viollet-Le-Duc is captured in this woodburytype, part of the comprehensive documentation of 19th-century French intellectual life that made Nadar's studio legendary.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5
Year
1878
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Documentary, Woodburytype, Portrait, Serious

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