A young Paul Nadar with two members of the Japanese embassy staff
Félix Nadar, 1862
Albumen print from a collodion glass negative, 10.1 x 17.8 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-15 (9)-FOL
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paul Nadar spent his childhood in his father's studio, as the many portraits of him there show. Here he is happily posing with members of the first Japanese ambassadorial delegation, which visited Europe in 1862, and whose portraits were taken in Nadar's studio.
© BnF, Éditions multimédias, 2018