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Portrait of the surgeon NELATON by Carjat.
Vintage albumen print business card.
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Nélaton, born in Paris on June 17, 1807, and died on September 21, 1873, in the same city, was a French physician and surgeon. He was the father of the painter and ceramicist Camille Moreau-Nélaton (1840-1897). Having received his doctorate in 1836, he became the personal surgeon of Napoleon III and was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1867 and appointed "Imperial Senator" in 1868. He treated Garibaldi and was a pioneer of plastic surgery.
Étienne Carjat, born in Fareins (Ain) on March 28, 1828, and died in Paris (10th arrondissement) on March 8, 1906, was a French photographer, journalist, caricaturist, and poet. He learned his craft from Pierre Petit and set up his first studio at number 56 rue Laffitte in Paris. A friend of Baudelaire, along with Nadar, he was the leading photographer of prominent figures in the arts, politics, and entertainment between 1860 and 1890. One of his best-known photographs is a portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, taken in October 1871.
The surgeon Emile NELATON CDV by Pierre CARJAT circa 1865
Portrait of the surgeon NELATON by Carjat.
Vintage albumen print business card.
Auguste Jean-Baptiste Nélaton, born in Paris on June 17, 1807, and died on September 21, 1873, in the same city, was a French physician and surgeon. He was the father of the painter and ceramicist Camille Moreau-Nélaton (1840-1897). Having received his doctorate in 1836, he became the personal surgeon of Napoleon III and was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1867 and appointed "Imperial Senator" in 1868. He treated Garibaldi and was a pioneer of plastic surgery.
Étienne Carjat, born in Fareins (Ain) on March 28, 1828, and died in Paris (10th arrondissement) on March 8, 1906, was a French photographer, journalist, caricaturist, and poet. He learned his craft from Pierre Petit and set up his first studio at number 56 rue Laffitte in Paris. A friend of Baudelaire, along with Nadar, he was the leading photographer of prominent figures in the arts, politics, and entertainment between 1860 and 1890. One of his best-known photographs is a portrait of Arthur Rimbaud, taken in October 1871.