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LOUIS-PIERRE-THÉOPHILE DUBOIS DE NEHAUT. The Undersigned Photographer as He Was Before 1848

LOUIS-PIERRE-THÉOPHILE DUBOIS DE NEHAUT. The Undersigned Photographer as He Was Before 1848. Artist: Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut (French, active Belgium, 1799-1872). Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25 × 20.1 cm). Date: 1854-56. Although Dubois de Nehaut is best known for his early achievements in photographic reportage, he also produced a series of carefully posed portraits of his family and friends. Here the amateur photographer dons his judge's robes, standing nobly in front of a makeshift backdrop. Dubois de Nehaut served as magistrate in Lille before relocating to Brussels after the revolutions of 1848. In 1850 the king of Belgium appointed him a knight of the Order of Leopold for helping to maintain the law and stop war from spilling across the border. The medals splayed across his chest in this self-portrait shine with their wearer's pride.
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The Undersigned Photographer as He Was Before 1848
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The Undersigned Photographer as He Was Before 1848. Artist: Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut (French, active Belgium, 1799-1872). Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25 × 20.1 cm). Date: 1854-56. Although Dubois de Nehaut is best known for his early achievements in photographic reportage, he also produced a series of carefully posed portraits of his family and friends. Here the amateur photographer dons his judge's robes, standing nobly in front of a makeshift backdrop. Dubois de Nehaut served as magistrate in Lille before relocating to Brussels after the revolutions of 1848. In 1850 the king of Belgium appointed him a knight of the Order of Leopold for helping to maintain the law and stop war from spilling across the border. The medals splayed across his chest in this self-portrait shine with their wearer's pride.
Technique/material:
Salted paper print from paper negative
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3050 x 3924 px | 34.2 MB
Print size:
25.8 x 33.2 cm | 10.2 x 13.1 in (300 dpi)
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