Amb. Thomas

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Amb. Thomas

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Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon

French Photographer · 1818–1881

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Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon was a sculptor in his early career. He exhibited in the Paris Salon, first under his own name and then under the name Adama. Adam-Salomon learned photography in 1858 in Munich; in the following year, he opened his own portrait photography studio in Paris while continuing to sculpt. A contemporary journal noted: "Among the French photographic portraitists Mr. Solomon [si

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Date: about 1876–1882
Medium: Woodburytype
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Portrait of Ambroise Thomas sitting in a chair turned to face the right side of the image. A wooden table stands behind the chair with a book on top. The tipped-in photograph is surrounded by a patterned border printed on the mount.

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