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Portrait of Carol Popp de Szathmari

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Carol Popp de Szathmari

1812 – 1887 Cluj

Painter and court photographer — one of the world's first war photographers.

Szathmari photographed the Crimean War in 1854, making him one of the earliest war photographers anywhere. Court painter and photographer to Prince Carol I, he documented Romanian landscapes, people and costumes with camera and watercolour.

Works

Notable works

  1. № 01

    Crimean War photographs

    No freely-licensed image

    № 01 · 1854

    Crimean War photographs

    Photography

  2. № 02

    Romanian types and costumes

    No freely-licensed image

    № 02

    Romanian types and costumes

    Watercolour / photography