Paul Nadar being suckled by his wet nurse
Félix Nadar, 1856
Sterescopic print on salt paper from a collodion glass negative, 27.8 × 22.5 cm.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2005 (2005.100.798)
Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image of the MMA
Félix Nadar began taking photographs of his son while the boy was still an infant. The full signature on this print impies that this intimate portrait was meant for a wider audience.
© BnF, Éditions multimédias, 2018