Louis Rousselet

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Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet 1845-1929) was a French writer, a photographer and pioneer of the dark room, and traveller. His photographic work now commands high prices[1].

He was in India from 1864 to 1870[2] He spent much time in central India (Alwar, Baroda, Bhopal, Gwalior, Udaipur) and Rajasthan). His photograph collection and travel book L'Inde des Rajahs: Voyage Dans l'Inde Centrale (1875)[3] documented court life. Other photographs were of monuments and temples[4].

[edit] Works

  • L'Inde des Rajas (1875)
  • Nouveau dictionnaire de géographie universelle, with Vivien de Saint-Martin
  • Au vieux pays de France (1906)

[edit] References

  • L'Inde: photographies de Louis Rousselet 1865 - 1868. Musée Goupil - Bordeaux, Bordeaux. (1992)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1], [2]
  2. ^ The Tribune - Windows - Slice of history
  3. ^ In English, India and Its Native Princes, 1876, revised by Buckle.
  4. ^ [3], in French.