An albumen CdV of Joseph-Nicolas Robert Fleury (1797-1890). He stands near a painting with painter's stuff on the typical "Disdéri chair".
Endowed with a vigorous original talent, and with a vivid imagination, especially for the tragic incidents of history. In 1855, he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the École des Beaux-Arts. Made by Disdéri Phot.

"Robert Fleury, Peintre" written in fountain pen on the verso.
Print in good condition.

ca. 1865

Literature: Elizabeth Anne McCauley, A.A.E. Disderi and the Carte de Visite Portrait Photograph, 1985