Call Number:

PH-02905

Collection Name:

Portraits of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

2 items

Span Dates:

circa 1790, 1913

Description:

The collection consists of two portraits of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (French, 1765-1833) in the Gernsheim Collection. Item-level information follows.

964:0000:0002 -- C. Laguiche (Claude Bourguignon) (French, 17---1855). Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1790. Pencil, ink, and gouache on paper, 17.5 cm (6 7/8 inches) (diameter of round image); 31.9 x 24.9 cm (12 9/16 x 9 13/16 inches) (mount);

964:0000:0003 -- Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (New Photographic Society). Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Plate 6 of the portfolio Geschichte der Photographie in Bildern (History of Photography in Pictures), after a posthumous portrait by Léonard-François Berger (French, 1800-1872), 1854, oil on canvas [Musée Nicéphore Niépce collection], 1913. Gelatin silver print, 11.8 x 8.9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches) (oval image); 22.1 x 15.3 cm (8 11/16 x 6 inches) (sheet).

Accession No(s):

964:0000:0002-0003

Location(s):

Niépce, J.N., Portraits of, Box 1 (964:0000:0002-0003)
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Photography Collection