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FranÁois Aubert, photographer
French, 1829 - 1906
Vetements de Maximilian, 19th - 20th century
albumen print
20 x 24 cm (sheet)
Museum Purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund 1995.84.1

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after, AndrÈ Adolphe EugËne DisdÈri

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Artist Biography: Attended courses by Hyppolyte Flandin at the Beaux-Arts, Lyons.~Exhibited his work at the Salon in 1851~Moved to Mexico in the 1850s and set up a photographic studio.~Aubert photographed French, Belgian and Austrian Officers and followed the imperial troops. He recorded events surrounding the deposition and death of Maximilian.~Left Mexico at uncertain date.~Died in France~~~Reference: Photographers Encyclopaedia International 1839 to the present, M & M Auer (Geneva: Editions Camera Obscura, 1985)~

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