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Sarony

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WA-00114048

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1966.26.2
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Napoléon Sarony was a Canadian-born American lithographer and photographer. He was a highly popular portrait photographer, best known for his portraits of the stars of late-19th-century American theater. His son, Otto Sarony, continued the family business as a theater and film star photographer.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (4)

Portret van Mark Twain

1881 · paper

height: 121 cm, width: 100 cm

Rijksmuseum

Reclame voor een jongenspak van Devlin & Company in New York

1871 · albumen print on photographic support, cardboard

height: 100 cm, width: 62 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van admiraal David Farragut

1864 · albumen print on photographic support

width: 97 cm, height: 140 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Grave of My Mother

1853 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

33.5 × 26 cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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4 published of 4 catalogued · 4 with image

Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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Portret van Mark Twain
1881 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portret van admiraal David Farragut
1864 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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