Nadar (1820-1910)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Artist associated with 46 portraits
Born in Paris in 1820, Nadar, was well known for the caricatures he produced, which appeared in Le Charivari, long before he took up photography. He opened his first photography studio in 1854 in Paris, and was praised for the manner by which he captured the true character of his sitters. He photographed many prominent Parisians, most of whom were his associates. Nadar soon became interested in different types of photography and spent increasingly more time away from his studio. As one of the first persons to use artificial light, he photographed the catacombs of Paris. Nadar left his studio to his son Paul before he died in 1910. The National Portrait Gallery holds more than 35 of his photographs.
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
salt print, circa 1862
NPG P227
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen panel card, circa 1885
NPG P499
Possibly François Germain Leopold Tabar
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s-1860s
NPG x4987
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG Ax17890
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1855
NPG Ax17891
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG x19947
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG x74519
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x4051
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
carbon print on card mount, circa 1856
NPG Ax7286
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1858
NPG Ax17178
John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax29657
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14944
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax17905
Giacomo Meyerbeer (né Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer)
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x15588
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4050
Edmond François Valentin About
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x5775
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x38811
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862 or before
NPG Ax30393
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG Ax17190
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG Ax28963
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