Portrait of Antoine Claudet
Date
c.1860
Sitter
Antoine Claudet (1797 - 1867, French) , Photographer
Object type
Library reference
Tracts_533_2_1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 104mm
width (print): 104mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait (possibly a self-portrait) of Antoine Claudet, oval, the sitter turned slightly to the left as viewed.
Frontispiece to the pamphlet A. Claudet, F.R.S.: A Memoir. Reprinted from “The Scientific Review.” For distribution at the meeting of The British Association at Norwich 19 August 1868, by Frederic Claudet (London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1868).
Printed below the image: ‘A.CLAUDET, F.R.S. OBTAINED WITH HIS FOCUS-EQUALIZER. Printed from the only Negative preserved.’
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) French pioneer of photography was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853.
Frontispiece to the pamphlet A. Claudet, F.R.S.: A Memoir. Reprinted from “The Scientific Review.” For distribution at the meeting of The British Association at Norwich 19 August 1868, by Frederic Claudet (London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1868).
Printed below the image: ‘A.CLAUDET, F.R.S. OBTAINED WITH HIS FOCUS-EQUALIZER. Printed from the only Negative preserved.’
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) French pioneer of photography was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853.
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