Henry Monnier, from Galerie contemporaine, littéraire, artistique
Etienne Carjat
1876–81
Medium
Woodburytype
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Eric G. Carlson, in honor of Patricia Mainardi, 2012
Accession Number
2012.446.2
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Etienne Carjat · 1828–1906
Étienne Carjat (1828–1906) was a French photographer, caricaturist, and journalist who became one of the defining portraitists of nineteenth-century Parisian cultural life. Born in Fareins in the Ain department, he arrived in Paris as a young man and initially made his name as a caricaturist and writer, contributing to several satirical publications and cofounding the journal Le Boulevard in 1861....