Charles-Louis Michelez
Appearance
Charles-Louis Michelez (1817 – May 21, 1894) was a French photographer and a Lithographer.
Biography
[edit]Charles-Louis Michelez was born in Paris, the son of Charles Louis and Félicité Michelez née Morin. He was married to Alicia Roux.
He took a photograph of the Railway of the Prince Imperial in 1859, which is the oldest known photograph of a model railway in the world.
He then specialized in photographing works of art.[1] In 1861 he exhibited during the National Art Show and Exhibition a series of photographs of Gustave Doré's original drawings for The Inferno in the photography room of the Academic Salon.[2] In 1867 he took five photographs at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.[1]
From 1874 to 1884 he had a photographic studio in Paris.[1]
His photographs
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Sculptures exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1867, Paris
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Photograph of a painting by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Finding Aid for the Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 Album.
- ^ Dr Keri Yousif (28 May 2013). Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4094-7935-2.
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