Portrait photographique en médaillon de Jules Verne

Extremely rare original photograph showing Jules Verne in medallion on albumen paper, contemporary print in carte-de-visite format, mounted on a board from the Carjat & C^ie studio.

It is possible to date the photograph thanks to the card indicating in particular the address, rue Notre-Dame de Lorette, where Carjat was based between 1866 and 1869.
We have not been able to find any copy of this very rare photograph taken when the writer was around 40 years old.
Carjat took another portrait of the novelist in 1876 for his famous Galerie contemporaine. This earlier photograph – perhaps reserved for the private sphere – prefigures this future and very emblematic portrait: Verne is partially turned away, looking into the distance.