This famous portrait of the French novelist Georges Sand (Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin: 1804-1876) was taken in 1864 by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon:1820-1910) and published the year after she died in the Galerie Contemporaine. Known as the Galerie Contemporaine, Litteraire, Artistique, it was published in 13 volumes from 1876-1884 and featured 241 Woodburytype portraits of:

celebrated personalities in France during the Second Empire and Third Republic captured by well known portrait photographers in Paris, including Adam-Salomon, Carjat, Marville, Nadar, Pierre-Petit. (1.)

Along with the engraved name of GEORGES SAND set within a stylized faux engraved frame, the following is printed along lower margin of primary mount: GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE, 126, boulevard de Magenta.  Phot. Goupil et Ce.  Cliché NADAR, rue d’Anjou-St-Honoré, 51

1. NADAR [GASPARD FELIX TOURNACHON]
GEORGES SAND DE LA GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE: SALE 5009 LOT 264: Christie’s Auction House: PHOTOGRAPHIES COLLECTION D’UN AMATEUR: 16 November 2002: Paris