Jean-Gabriel and Anna Eynard

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Jean-Gabriel and Anna Eynard

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Jean-Gabriel Eynard

Swiss Daguerreotypist · 1775–1863

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Jean-Gabriel Eynard was a wealthy amateur photographer who made photographs chiefly for his own amusement. He learned the daguerreotype process in Paris in the early 1840s, not long after the invention of the process was announced in 1839. His financial independence afforded him the time and ability to practice photography, which in its infancy was an expensive pastime and difficult to master. Ass

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Date
about 1845
Medium
Daguerreotype
Culture
Swiss
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
78af52ee-3af1-4bf3-97b0-c56ff9f687bc

This carefully constructed, artful tableau is specifically emblematic of the Eynards' lives. A portfolio of drawings on a footstool at the left of Madame Eynard denotes her talent as an amateur artist, a basket of flowers signifies her interest in gardening, and an upholstered chair symbolizes her skill in the decoration of the Eynards' houses. The painting to Jean-Gabriel Eynard's left represents his art collections, the top hat characterizes his dandyism, and the folding camp chair commemorates his travels as a financier and diplomat.

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