Portrait of Emile Augier by the photographer Charles Reutlinger (1816-1888)
 Albumen print, business card format
 Émile Augier (1820-1889) was a famous French playwright and poet. Considered one of the leading figures of 19th-century realist theatre, he distinguished himself with his comedies of manners, which depicted the bourgeois society of his time with finesse and irony, while also incorporating a moralizing dimension.
 Charles Reutlinger (1816-1888) was a photographer specializing in portraits of Parisian personalities.