Photographes et photographies
Medium
wood engraving
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow
Accession Number
1978.82.9
Art Historical Context
"Photographes et photographies" is a wood engraving created in 1862 by Charles Maurand after a design by Honoré Daumier. This print forms part of a portfolio now housed in the National Gallery of Art, where it entered the collection as a generous gift from Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow. The work captures a moment when photography was rapidly gaining attention as both a technical innovation and an artistic medium. Wood engraving was a favored reproductive technique in the mid-nineteenth century, allowing detailed images to be printed alongside text in periodicals and books. Maurand’s careful c...