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Honoré de Balzac

painting after a photographic 1842 by Louis-Auguste Bisson.

Français : Seule image photographique de qui existe, le daguerréotype et son double inversé conservé à l’ a pris avec le temps valeur de relique.

Daguerréotype ;

hauteur 8,3 largeur 8,7 cm

photographic source : [1]


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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current21:11, 30 September 2006283×359 (24 KB)Samulili (Reverted to earlier revision)
13:28, 29 September 2006290×387 (31 KB)Loveless (This image was copied from wikipedia:fr. The original description was: Wikipedia:English ==Origine== Cette image est un recadrage (et légère accentuation) d'une photographie de fr:1842 par fr:Louis-Auguste Bisson. Seule image photographique )
18:12, 25 August 2005283×359 (24 KB)AndreasPraefcke (coloured version )
21:10, 24 August 2005206×263 (11 KB)Saulyte ({{PD}} Honoré de Balzac)