The Gaze, 1856–57, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 9 x 6.6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913), Unlike Nadar, who found his public among the cultural elite, the firm of Mayer & Pierson catered to personalities famed for their notoriety, to the socially prominent, and to the court. Established in 1855 by combining the interests of Pierre-Louis Pierson with those of Léopold Ernest Mayer and his brother Louis Frédéric, the firm specialized in portraiture and became the most sought-after studio of the Second Empire
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