Nadar
(1820-1910), PhotographerNadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Artist associated with 54 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
salt print, circa 1862
NPG P227
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
by Nadar
albumen panel card, circa 1885
NPG P499
Possibly François Germain Leopold Tabar
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s-1860s
NPG x4987
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG Ax17890
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1855
NPG Ax17891
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG x19947
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1860
NPG x74519
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1856)
NPG x4051
by Nadar
carbon print, circa 1856
NPG Ax7286
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
by Nadar
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG Ax7287
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1858
NPG Ax17178
John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax29657
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14944
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax17905
Giacomo Meyerbeer (né Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer)
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x15588
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4050
Edmond François Valentin About
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x5775
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x38811
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862 or before
NPG Ax30393
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG Ax17190
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG Ax28963
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG x16816
by Nadar
albumen print, circa 1862
NPG Ax7331
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1862
NPG x197101
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG x5802
George Sand (Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant)
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax17907
George Sand (Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant)
by Nadar
albumen print, 1866
NPG x9190
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 21 August 1867
NPG Ax29986
by Nadar, printed and published by Goupil & Co
carbon print on double paper mount, late 1860s
NPG x24818
(Pierre Jules) Théophile Gautier
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG Ax46280
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 21 August 1867
NPG Ax29990
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 21 August 1867
NPG Ax29987
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax17816
by Nadar
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x4126
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps
by Nadar
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1880s
NPG x27750
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1871
NPG x963
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1870s
NPG Ax17901
by Nadar
albumen cabinet card, 1877
NPG x4049
by Nadar
albumen print on card mount, arched top, 1877
NPG x9483
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1878 or after
NPG x19948
Edmond François Valentin About
by Nadar
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880s
NPG Ax17814
by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880
NPG x74350
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
by Nadar
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x20592
by Nadar
albumen cabinet card, circa 1887
NPG x197481
by Nadar
carbon print, 1889
NPG x6117
by Nadar
carbon print, 1889; published before 1895
NPG Ax15934
by Nadar
carbon print, 1889
NPG Ax16023
Gabrielle Réjane (Gabrielle Charlotte Reju)
by Nadar
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG Ax160102
by Nadar, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197008
by Nadar, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197009
Jean Périer and Mariette Sully in the operetta 'Véronique'
by Nadar, published by Neurdein Frères
halftone reproduction, 1898
NPG x139770
by Nadar
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1900
NPG Ax160103
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Nadar, published by Ogden's
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1902
NPG x193173
after a photograph by Nadar
relief halftone, probably 1890s
NPG D1063
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