Louis Rousselet

Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet 1845-1929) was a French writer, a photographer and pioneer of the darkroom, 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].

Works

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

References

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

Notes

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

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Name	Rousselet, Louis
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Date of birth	1845
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Date of death	1929
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