Édouard Baldus
French Photographer · 1813–1889
962 works on LinkedCulture
"[E]veryone knows [Mr.] Baldus," a reviewer wrote in 1859. By the mid-1850s, Édouard-Denis Baldus was the most successful photographer in France and at the height of his career. He began as a painter, turning to photography in 1849 when paper negatives were just becoming popular. Throughout much of his life, he listed himself in city directories as peintre photographe (painter photographer), in re
Works
View as IIIF ↗["Abélard", Statue by Jules Cavelier, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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Aigues-Mortes.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Aigues-Mortes.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Amphitheatre de Nimes
Getty Museum · 1850s
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["Amyot", Statue by Pierre Travaux, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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["Androuet du Cerceau", Statue by Georges Diébolt, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Arc de Triomphe]
Getty Museum · 1854–1855
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Arc de Triomphe (No. 18)
Getty Museum · 1860s
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Arc du Carrousel (No. 15)
Getty Museum · 1860s
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Arles. Amphithéâtre
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Amphithéâtre
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Amphithéâtre
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Amphithéâtre
Getty Museum · about 1861
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[Arles. Cloister of St. Trophime]
Getty Museum · about 1851
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Arles. Cloitre St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Cloitre St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Cloitre St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Cloitre St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. Cloître St Trophime.
Getty Museum · about 1851
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Arles. St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Arles. St Trophime
Getty Museum · about 1861
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["Audran", Statue by Jacques Maillet, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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Avignon.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon (Inondation de 1856)
Getty Museum · 1856
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Avignon. Palais des Papes
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon. Palais des Papes
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon. Pont St Benezet
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Avignon. Pont St Benezet
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Bandol
Getty Museum · about 1860
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Bandol.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Bandol.
Getty Museum · about 1861
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Bibliothèque (No. 14)
Getty Museum · 1860s
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["Boileau", Statue by Gabriel Bernard Seurre, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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["Bossuet", Statue by Louis Desprez, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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["Bourdaloue", Statue by Louis Desprez, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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Bourse (No. 57)
Getty Museum · 1860s
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["Bruant", Statue by Armand Toussaint, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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["Buffon", Statue by Eugène-André Oudiné, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Building facade]
Getty Museum · 1850–1855
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["Bullant", Statue by Pierre Alfred Robinet, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Eugène Guillaume, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Eugène Guillaume, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Eugène Louis Lequesne, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Eugène Louis Lequesne, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by François Jouffroy, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by François Jouffroy, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Jules Cavelier, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Jules Cavelier, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Louis Brian, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Louis Brian, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Victor Vilain, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatid by Victor Vilain, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatids by Astyanax Bosio, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatids by Astyanax Bosio, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatids by Auguste Ottin, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatids by Elias Robert, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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[Caryatids by Francisque Duret, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris]
Getty Museum · 1852–1857
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