Artist/photographer: Étienne Carjat (1828 - 1906), French journalist, caricaturist, and photographer.
Title: Photo portrait of Emile Zola, a major nineteenth-century French writer.
Dimensions: Photo 9 3/8" x 7 3/8". Sheet 13 7/8 x 10 1/2".
Publisher: Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire et Artistique, 1876. Vol. 3. Phot. Goupil & Cie.
Date: Circa 1862 (The Met).
Material and Techniques: Woodburytype. Mounted on the typography mat board.
Condition: Good. The bottom corners of the mat are cut.
Museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1992.5148.64.
The Art Institute of Chicago 1961.770.
Art Movements, Periods and Schools: French School XIX C.