#Napoleon Sarony

[agelessphotography]

Oscar Wilde, Napoleon Sarony, 1882

[visionsofour-past]

• John Drew, Jr. and woman.

Artist/Maker: Napoleon Sarony (American, born Canada, 1821-1896)

Date: negative 1885–1903; print 1903–1920

Medium: Gelatin silver print

[oscarwilde-scholar]

The Sarony Case

Napoleon Sarony’s contribution to the photographs of Oscar Wilde was not primarily technical. Instead, he drew upon his artistic background to create the mise en scène of the image; and drew upon his buoyant personality to create the right mood for his sitter. Meanwhile, it was his first and only operator, Benjamin J. Richardson who assisted with lighting and attended to the mechanical aspects…

[dumbbitchhour]

Napoleon Sarony, John Drewm Jr. as Captain Plume from "The Recruiting Officer", 1885 x

[midatlanticwasp]

The Declaration of Independence - lithograph c. 1843-1853 by Napoleon Sarony.

[yestergaze]

Lily Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt

Photographer: Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896)

Date of photo circa 1887

printed: by Napoleon Sarony

87 Union Square North, NY, NY

Stamped: MRS. LANGTRY AND SARA BERNHARDT \ COPYRIGHT 1887 BY NAPOLEON SARONY.

Credit Line Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Paul Katz, North Bennington, Vermont

Copyright Public domain

[history-of-fashion]

1880 Winslow Homer in New York (photo by Napoleon Sarony)

(Bowdoin College Museum of Art)

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Guillermo Collazo (Cuban-born Spanish, 1850-1896) A orillas del lago, 19th century Colonial art, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba Collazo was born into an established colonial family in Cuba. He went to live in New York for a while, where he found work in the studios of Napoleon Sarony, saving enough money to open his own art studio and enjoying great success as a portrait painter. In 1883 he returned to Cuba, opening a studio in Havana, and five years later he decided to go to Paris, where he opened a large studio which became a meeting point for the Cuban exile community. He died in Paris, and in 1899, his family brought his remains back to Cuba.  

[noirbeduzz]

— Marie Doro, (1882 - 1956) Photographed by Napoleon Sarony, 1909.

[lombardie-colorings]

Maude Adams.

Photographed by Napoleon Sarony, between 1890-1895.

Colored by Lombardie Colorings.

[cesontlesfemmes]

Napoleon Sarony - Sarah Bernhardt en Cléopâtre, 1891.

[mscoyditch]

"Sarah Bernhardt (born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

She designed her own costumes, took part in stage direction, wrote plays, essays and novels.

Sarah Bernhardt was also recognised for her talent in the medium of sculpture and painting.

'Sarah Bernhardt, 1880'.

By Napoleon Sarony (1821–1896), American lithographer and photographer.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division

Public domain, Wikimedia Commons".

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Thinking about the lady from 2025

[oscarwilde-scholar]

Carroll Beckwith

Sarony photograph #19. A NEW CHARACTER IN THE WILDE STORY —by John Cooper and Erik Ryding— Sarony photograph #19 must have been a favorite of Wilde’s as it is almost certainly the one he was referring to when, in March 1882, he wrote to his tour promoter, Richard D’Oyly Carte, to suggest that a lithograph of himself would help business. He said: “The photograph of me with head looking over my…

[placeholdercornerworks]

Thought has been pestering me today (but positively) so I do want to share.

I was kind of skimming through my literature book earlier and it made me think, is every single famous photograph of Oscar Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony or something? Cause once or twice it's a nice little coincidence, the third time it makes you go "oh yeah, I expected that", but after every single new photograph I learn the existence of seems to be always taken by that guy, it truly makes you wonder how did the two even met in the first place? How did this arrangement come to be?

[thatwildegirl]

Some gems found on twitter

22 Colourised photos of Oscar Wilde

Original photos were taken by Napoleon Sarony in New York City during his American tour from 1882 to 1883.

More of them are in the twitter thread below.