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The Hector Berlioz Website

Berlioz Photo Album : 1860 – 1863

Berlioz’s photos and portraits

c 1860 – photograph by Nadar

c 1860 – pencil drawing by Alphonse Legros

The original copy of this drawing is in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, UK.

1861 – in formal Academician suit,
drawn by Heim

Copies of this portrait are in the Louvre Museum, Paris and the Musée Hector Berlioz. Berlioz was elected member of the Institut de France on 21 June 1856.

Photograph by Pierre Petit – date not clear

This photograph is rarely reproduced, and no source goes further than saying: "Collection Sirot". Sirot was a photographer who had a large collection of ancient clichés by Nadar and many others.

1863 – photograph by Pierre Petit

A copy of this photo is in the Musée Hector Berlioz.

1863 – photograph by Pierre Petit

This copy is in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble. We are most grateful to Madame Sylvie Crouzet, Directrice-adjointe de la Bibliothèque d’étude, Bibliothèque Municipale, for sending us an electronic copy of the photo.

This engraving from the photo taken by Pierre Petit was made by T Johnson, and published in the December 1893 issue of the Century Monthly Magazine, a copy of which is in our own collection. The engraving accompanied the personal reminiscences of Berlioz’s friend Ernest Reyer, reproduced elsewhere on this site.

Portrait painted by A Peretti after the photo by Pierre Petit

The original copy of this portrait was on display at the Berlioz exhibition – Opéra Garnier, from 14 October 2003 to 18 January 2004.

1863 – lithograph by Fuhn after the photo by Pierre Petit

This lithograph has been scanned from a 19th century book in our own collection. It bears the last few lines of Berlioz’s Mémoires and his signature, both in his own hand-writing.

1863 – photograph by Pierre Petit

Drawing by Henri Meyer, engraving by Tilly
after the photograph by Pierre Petit

This engraving was published in the 31 October 1886 issue of Le Journal Illustré a copy of which is in our own collection.

1863 – photograph by Pierre Petit

The original copy of this photo is in the Rapho Collection.

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