Louis Figuier

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

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Artist: Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) / French, 1820–1910
Date: 1853/77
Medium: Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
Dimensions: Image/paper: 23.8 × 19.2 cm (9 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.1 cm (13 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: woodburytype
Style: 19th century
Place: France
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Photography Gallery Fund
Accession no.: 1961.710

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