Samuel Adam-Salomon
[A Sleeping Child, Likely the Prince Imperial]

CultureFrench
Titles
  • [A Sleeping Child, Likely the Prince Imperial]
Datec. 1859
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.6 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2017.139
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

This sleeping child with tousled hair, stretched out on a
luxurious velvet-draped armchair, is likely the Prince Imperial, son of Emperor
Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie of France. Regardless of the artist’s or
sitter’s identity, this photograph—which is known only in this single example—possesses
a beauty and intimacy rarely found in portraits of the period.




Provenance[Galerie Lumière des Roses, Paris, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistoryParis Photo, 2017.

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