[Jean-Gabriel and Anna Eynard with their Nieces, Sophie de Charrière-Odier and Mathilde Horngacher-Odier]
This rather anodyne family portrait depicts an intriguing figure in the early history of photography. One of the first adopters of the daguerreotype in Switzerland, Jean-Gabriel Eynard made hundreds of photographs depicting the domestic life of his extended family. An entrepreneur and diplomat, he helped to re-establish Swiss independence at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and was a fervent proponent of the Greek War of Independence, which he supported financially. His wife, Anna Eynard-Lullin, played a key role in her husband’s diplomatic machinations. She appears throughout his oeuvre in this same exact pose, the stable center of Eynard’s social and political orbit.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Jean-Gabriel and Anna Eynard with their Nieces, Sophie de Charrière-Odier and Mathilde Horngacher-Odier]
- Artist: Jean-Gabriel Eynard (Swiss (born France), Lyon 1775–1863 Geneva)
- Date: ca. 1850
- Medium: Daguerreotype
- Dimensions: Image: 3 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (10 × 11.4 cm)
Overall: 5 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (14.3 × 17.9 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of Daniel Wolf, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.351
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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