Louis Rousselet

Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet 1845-1929) was a French writer, a photographer and pioneer of the dark room, and traveller. His photographic work now commands high prices [ [http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2003/05/30/cx_0530hot.html] , [http://www.iphotocentral.com/news/issue_view.php/65/60] ] .

He was in India from 1864 to 1870 [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010707/windows/slice.htm The Tribune - Windows - Slice of history ] ] He spent much time in central India (Alwar, Baroda, Bhopal, Gwalior, Udaipur) and Rajasthan). His photograph collection and travel book "L'Inde des Rajahs: Voyage Dans l'Inde Centrale" (1875) [In English, "India and Its Native Princes", 1876, revised by Buckle.] documented court life. Other photographs were of monuments and temples [ [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/GOUPIL/FILES/Inde.html] , in French.] .

Works

* "L'Inde des Rajas" (1875)
* "Nouveau dictionnaire de géographie universelle", with Vivien de Saint-Martin
* "Au vieux pays de France" (1906)

References

* "L'Inde: photographies de Louis Rousselet 1865 - 1868". Musée Goupil - Bordeaux, Bordeaux. (1992)

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