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[Portrait of a Man]
Creator
Pierre PetitFrench Photographer · 1832–1909
All works by this person →"Pierre Petit is a photographer, nothing but a photographer," wrote Petit's biographer in 1876, identifying his subject as an accomplished specialist in his field whose work was not diluted by the practice of other media. Having started with daguerreotypes in 1849, Petit experimented with paper negatives on a trip to Rome in 1854. After a brief partnership with Trinquart, Petit became the sole pro
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1850–1870
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 7c20d04f-2b33-4889-914c-7a37c2cc9dfd
Portrait of an older man with white hair, seated with one hand in his pocket and the other in his lap.
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