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[The Reception of the Bones]

Nadar1861–1862

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View of a mannequin dressed as a man, standing with its back towards the camera, facing a pile of human bones stacked against a wall made of more bones inside the Paris Catacombs. Artificial light illuminates the mannequin figure and the bones from the lower left corner of the image and casts a shadow on the wall.

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  • Title: [The Reception of the Bones]
  • Creator: Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon]
  • Date Created: 1861–1862
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Physical Dimensions: 23.3 × 17.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XM.436.136
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon] (French, 1820 - 1910)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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