Charles-Louis Michelez Explained

Charles-Louis Michelez (1817 – May 21, 1894) was a French photographer and a Lithographer.

Biography

Charles-Louis Michelez was born in Paris, the son of Charles Louis and Félicité Michelez née Morin. He was married to Alicia Roux.

He took a photograph of the Railway of the Prince Imperial in 1859, which is the oldest known photograph of a model railway in the world.

He then specialized in photographing works of art.[1] In 1861 he exhibited during the National Art Show and Exhibition a series of photographs of Gustave Doré's original drawings for The Inferno in the photography room of the Academic Salon.[2] In 1867 he took five photographs at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.[1]

From 1874 to 1884 he had a photographic studio in Paris.[1]

References

  1. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80g3phg/entire_text/ Finding Aid for the Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 Album.
  2. Book: Dr Keri Yousif. Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration. 28 May 2013. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-1-4094-7935-2. 197.