Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Autograph album

Authors

• Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910

Other related names

• Evans, Thomas W. 1823-1897, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 21
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9913857533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155882271
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_MsColl21 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3w08x23m

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Majority of written material appears in French

Origin

Date

1853-1875

Summary

Over 400 names can be found in the album, and they comprise notables in the worlds of art, literature, music, dance, theater, and government. The majority of signatures are accompanied by examples of the artist's trade--such as a drawing, a poem, bars of music--or some greeting or observation.

Notes

• Originally 1 bound volume containing 195 leaves; 34 x 51 cm. Item has been disbound and folios placed in mylar sleeves and boxed.
   

Extent

1 box (.33 linear foot)

Provenance

• Transfer from Dental Medicine Library, University of Pennsylvania, 1985.
   

Subjects topical

• Art
• History
• Artists
• Art
• Photography
• Photographie--France--Histoire--19e siècle
• Photography
• Photography--France--History--19th century
• Photography
• Artists
• France
• France

Genres

• History
• Drawings (visual works)
• Autographs (manuscripts)

Licenses

• Text

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