[Photographie] Portrait photographique de Jules Verne

Original albumen photograph of writer Jules Verne in carte-de-visite format. Rare.
One photograph mounted on card. In upper margin: Truchelut. Lower margin: Photographie Universelle. Publisher's advertisement on verso.
A later printing at the Bibliothèque Nationale and that of Amiens, after 1880. Fine print, some minor dark spots.
Forgotten by the history of photography, Truchelut was one of its pioneers. He was one of Daguerre's 15 preparators and filed several patents related to photography including the panotype which allowed obtaining a photograph on fabric. He developed this process by offering to create paintings based on carte-de-visite photographs for his public. In 1880, Truchelut partnered with his son-in-law Valkman, and the cards would henceforth bear both their names, which is why this photograph was taken between 1871 (when Truchelut resumed the Photographie universelle) and 1880. While most studios went bankrupt after the Commune, Truchelut was one of the few to continue prospering.