[Henriette-Caroline-Victoire Robert], 1850s, Salted paper print from paper negative, 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.), Photographs, Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1810–1882), Although better known for his views of Versailles and Saint-Cloud, Robert was a gifted portraitist, as evidenced by this tender depiction of his daughter Henriette-Caroline-Victoire reading. In its quiet contemplative mood and soft atmospheric tonal palette, Robert's rendering transposes the lexicon of contemporary French painting to the new medium
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Henriette-Caroline-Victoire Robert, 1850s, Salted paper print, paper negative, 23.1 x 17.4 cm, 9 1/16 6 7/8, Photographs, Louis-Rémy, French, 1810–1882, better, views, Versailles, Saint-Cloud, Robert, gifted portraitist, evidenced, tender depiction, daughter Henriette-Caroline-Victoire, reading, quiet contemplative, mood, soft atmospheric, tonal, palette, rendering transposes, lexicon, contemporary French, painting, new medium
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