Alfred Thompson Gobert, 1849–55, Salted paper print from paper negative, 22.6 x 16.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.), Photographs, Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1810–1882), Louis Robert grew up on the premises of the Royal Porcelain Factory at Sèvres and assumed the leadership of its Painting Workshop in 1847. Inclined by training and temperament toward endeavors that brought painting and chemistry together, he was among the earliest French artists to take up paper photography as an amateur pursuit, in about 1850
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Alfred Thompson Gobert, 1849–55, Salted paper print, paper negative, 22.6 x 16.8 cm, 8 7/8 6 5/8, Photographs, Louis-Rémy Robert, French, 1810–1882, Louis, grew, up, premises, Royal Porcelain, Factory, Sèvres, assumed, leadership, Painting Workshop, 1847, Inclined, training, temperament, endeavors, painting, chemistry together, earliest French, artists, take up, paper, photography, amateur pursuit, 1850
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