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Portrait of J.L.E. Meissonier – Historic Photo Reproduction

Portrait of J.L.E. Meissonier, c1894 Nov. 20. — historic print
Portrait of J.L.E. Meissonier, c1894 Nov. 20.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Portrait of J.L.E. Meissonier

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Few French painters of the nineteenth century were as widely known in their own time as Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, the subject of this portrait. He built his reputation on small, meticulously detailed canvases of soldiers, Napoleonic campaigns, and genre scenes, and his popularity made him a natural subject for printmakers. The print was registered for copyright in November 1894, about three years after the painter's death in 1891, so it likely reproduces an earlier likeness rather than a sitting from life. An old catalog card links it to the engraver Waltner, a connection the record marks as unverified.

Created / publishedc1894 Nov. 20.
Medium1 print.
NotesZ54194 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Waltner.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157410

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