Title

Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803-1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizet's opera of the same title. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1861

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C51_376

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (3,0Mb) / 10,9in x 17,8in / 3284 x 5353 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male job man men sitting arts country French France guy occupation location century profession literature seated B&W MONOCHROME writer author 19th century black & white black and white B W archaeologist nineteenth century The Print Collector historian photograph portrait Unknown Georges Georges Bizet Bizet Prosper Prosper Merimee Merimee Georges Bizet photograph portrait