Napoleon Sarony's Living Pictures: The Celebrity Photograph in Gilded Age New York

by Erin Pauwels

Napoleon Sarony was once one of the most famous names in American photography. During the Gilded Age, his grand portrait studio with its one-story-high marquee reproducing the photographer's signature in golden letters was a New York City landmark visited by celebrities such as Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, and Mark Twain. Sarony's story represents a central chapter in the history of photography. Napoleon Sarony's Living Pictures documents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271095067
• ISBN13: 9780271095066
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.3"