Photolithograph portrait of French artist Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883), circa 1855. Photography by Adrien Tournachon (1825 - 1903).
Medium: photolithograph - Poitevin process Other Collections: Musee d'Orsay Provenance: Robert William Burke Collection, Artcurial, Paris 10/25/22, Lot 208 Notes: The original photograph was taken by Tournachon in 1854. A salted paper print from a collodion negative is held in the collection of the French Bibliothèque Nationale. Adrien was the younger brother of Félix Tournachon, the well-known artist and caricaturist whose work appeared in numerous satirical newspapers under the pseudonym, Nadar. The two became embroiled in a legal battle over the exclusive right to the name "Nadar." Félix had arranged for Adrien, a painter, to learn the photographic process and then to open his own photographic studio. When the business began to fail the two collaborated, and Félix supplied financial backing, contacts, and his pseudonym. Adrien asked Félix to relinquish his share in the studio and continued the practice alone using the name "Nadar jeune," which prompted Félix to take legal action. After the court ruled that Félix was "the only, the true Nadar," Adrien turned his attention to photographing animals.
Size: 3148px × 3764px
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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