Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
After the announcement of the waxed paper negative process in 1851, Louis-Rémy Robert used the technique with remarkable results. In this self-portrait negative, the elegantly dressed photo-grapher stood in an animated profile pose. With great success, Robert exploited the inherent softness of the paper negative and its ability to render broad areas of light and shadow.
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Leslie Matthew (Spy) Ward (British, 1851–1922) — Steel
William James Hubard|William Henry Brown — Silhouette of an 
Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay — Portrait of Charles
William Rothenstein (British, 1872–1945) — Alphonse Legros
William Strang (British, 1859–1921) — Sir Francis Seymour Ha
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson — David
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) — Cocher à deux Fins
Auguste Edouart|Sir Walter Scott — Sir Walter Scott
Charles Hasslewood Shannon (British, 1863–1937) — Sir Max Be
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Firelight - J
Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953) — Dr. Eugene A. Noble
William Henry Brown — Silhouette of Mr. Pierce of Springwate
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