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Man on a Horse by Nadar

Man on a Horse

Nadar · 1860

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DETAILS
Artist
Nadar
Date
1860
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Photography
Culture
France, 19th century
Credit line
Gift of Robert Hershkowitz and Charles Isaacs
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Nadar

Nadar, the pioneering French photographer, caricaturist, and balloonist, took the first aerial photographs in 1858 and captured iconic portraits of his bohemian Parisian circle.

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