Le Geant, Champ de Mars

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) / French, 1820–1910
Date: October 18, 1863, probably printed 1880/89
Medium: Gelatin silver printing out paper print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 17.1 × 16.5 cm (6 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.); First mount: 18.8 × 18.4 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Second mount: 33 × 24.2 cm (13 × 9 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Style: 19th century
Place: France
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Accession no.: 1988.157.60

Alexandre Dumas père (1802–1870)
Nadar
1855 · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000340
Man on a Horse
Nadar
c. 1860s · Photograph
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000362
Gustave Doré
Nadar
1856-58 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006602
Interior of Le Géant Inflating
Nadar
1863, printed later · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006920