Theophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic mb-artistname William Woodhouse Showing children bowling a hoop

Showing children bowling a hoop

Wilbur Gunn

swapping coal for the wine being offered to him by Louis Napoleon

Alfred Ollivant

Theophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic mb-artistname William Woodhouse Showing children bowling a hoopTheophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic, c1857. Gautier (1811 1872) became a leader of the Parnassian group of poets, and influenced Baudelaire. He is pictured here reading to his wife Ernestina and their daughters Estelle and Judith. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845 1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1845 1890.