Charles-Louis Michelez

Charles-Louis Michelez (1817-1883) was a French photographer.

Biography

Charles-Louis Michelez took in 1859 a photograph of the Railway of the Prince Imperial, 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]

Examples of his photographs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Finding Aid for the Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 Album.
  2. ↑ 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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