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[Actor in long white wig with white bushy eyebrows, standing]
Creator
Napoleon SaronyAmerican Photographer · 1821–1896
All works by this person →By 1886 Canadian-born Napoleon Sarony had become the most famous portrait photographer in New York. His earliest studio venture, a lithographer's shop, collapsed during a prolonged absence in Europe. After that setback, Sarony opened his first photographic studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he photographed performers and luminaries. Buoyed by this success but homesick, he returned to re-establis
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- about 1885
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 52812a08-ecfa-432b-8c28-bc93a77dfbc2
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