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Self-portrait
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Jean-Gabriel EynardSwiss Daguerreotypist · 1775–1863
All works by this person →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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- about 1851
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- Daguerreotype
- Culture
- Swiss
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
His top hat positioned on the table beside his elbow, Jean-Gabriel Eynard appears self-satisfied, and he might well have been. By his own efforts he had become rich; he had played a significant part in the history of Switzerland, his adopted country; and, by his generous funding, he had helped secure Greek independence from Turkey. As if to illuminate his success, glints of light reflect from his wedding ring and from the watch chain cutting across his elaborate waistcoat.
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