2-359-851 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Theophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic, c1857. Gautier (1811-1872) became a leader of the Parnassian group of poets, and influenced Baudelaire. He is pictured here reading to his wife Ernestina and their daughters Estelle and Judith. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845-1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1845-1890.