File:George Sand by Nadar, 1864.jpg

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Summary

English: Woodburytype image of George Sand

Français : Portrait de George Sand. Čeština: Portrét George Sandové

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Photographer



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910
Location of birth/death	rue Saint-Honoré	avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000000121418535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat

Title

English: Woodburytype image of George Sand

Français : Portrait de George Sand.

Čeština: Portrét George Sandové

Description



Description	French writer, journalist, salonnière, playwright, novelist and diarist
Date of birth/death	1 July 1804	8 June 1876
Location of birth/death	Paris	Nohant-Vic
Work location	France (1820–1876)
Authority file	: Q3816 VIAF: 46766944 ISNI: 0000000121309531 ULAN: 500054039 LCCN: n78081235 NLA: 35474179 WorldCat

La romancière George Sand est photographiée par Nadar qui réalise une série de clichés de l'écrivain, au mois de mars 1864.

Date

March 1864

Medium

photograph on glass

Collection

Bibliothèque de la Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

	Native name	Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine
	Parent institution	Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 47.52″ N, 2° 17′ 22.42″ E
	Established	17 September 2007
	Website	http://www.mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/
	Authority file	: Q2901374

Source

Galerie Contemporaine, 126 boulevard Magenta, Paris - Photographe Goupil [et] C° - Cliché Nadar, 51 rue d'Anjou-Saint-Honoré à Paris.
Photographie de George Sand sur le site Gallica.
Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine.
Diffusion Réunion des musées nationaux.

Permission
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Domaine public.

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This image has been selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 8 March 2025. It will be captioned as follows:

English: Portrait of French author George Sand by photographer Nadar in 1864. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, she stood up for women, criticized marriage and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society.

Other languages:

English: Portrait of French author George Sand by photographer Nadar in 1864. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, she stood up for women, criticized marriage and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society.

Français : Portrait de la romancière française George Sand par le photographe Nadar en 1864. Écrivaine parmi les plus connues d'Europe à son époque, elle prit la défense des femmes, fustigea le mariage et lutta contre les préjugés d'une société conservatrice.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:13, 3 May 2019	2,211 × 2,800 (1.02 MB)	Variditric	Kept luma channel using jpegtran.
	12:09, 22 August 2017	2,211 × 2,800 (1.13 MB)	Crisco 1492	Reverted to version as of 21:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC) - What is this trash? Previous version was much more accurate to the original
	10:00, 3 February 2016	2,217 × 2,803 (1.24 MB)	Lunavorax	True black and white picture, better contrast. Made from the gallica version of the photo.
	21:52, 27 February 2013	2,211 × 2,800 (1.13 MB)	Scewing	{{Information \|Description=Woodburytype image of George Sand \|Source=Galerie Contemporaine, 126, boulevard Magenta - Phot Goupil [et] C° Cliché Nadar, rue d'Anjou-Saint-Honoré, 51 \|Date=1877 \|Author={{Creator:Félix Nadar}} \|Permission= \|other_versi...