Théophile Gautier

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Artist: Nadar (French, Paris 1820–1910 Paris)
Date: ca. 1856
Medium: Salted paper print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 24.8 x 19.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.) oval Mount: 26.9 x 21.7 cm (10 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.100.256

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Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00000362
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Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006920

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.