(L-R) Will Lang Jr., Dida Comacho, David “Chim” Seymour, Louise Lang, and Yale Joel at a cafe in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, late 1940s.

(L-R) Will Lang Jr., Dida Comacho, David “Chim” Seymour, Louise Lang, and Yale Joel at a cafe in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, late 1940s.

Allan Warren, Salvador Dali at the Maurice Hotel, Paris, 1972.

Allan Warren, Salvador Dali at the Maurice Hotel, Paris, 1972.

 André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Princess Clotilde and baby (Napoléon Victor Bonaparte), ca. 1862.
Source: George Eastman House collection

André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Princess Clotilde and baby (Napoléon Victor Bonaparte), ca. 1862.

Source: George Eastman House collection

Andre-Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, Communards in their coffins, Paris, May 1871.

Andre-Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, Communards in their coffins, Paris, May 1871.

Princess Hélène of Orléans, 1885.

Princess Hélène of Orléans, 1885.

Edouard Baldus, Notre-Dame (Abside), Paris, ca. 1860.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edouard BaldusNotre-Dame (Abside), Paris, ca. 1860.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis-Auguste Bisson, Frederic Chopin, ca. 1849.
Source: Musee de la Musique 

Louis-Auguste Bisson, Frederic Chopin, ca. 1849.

Source: Musee de la Musique 

Edouard Baldus, Imperial Library of the Louvre, Paris, 1856-1857.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edouard Baldus, Imperial Library of the Louvre, Paris, 1856-1857.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gustave Le Gray, Portrait of Henri Le Secq, 1848.

Gustave Le Gray, Portrait of Henri Le Secq, 1848.

Edouard Baldus, Seine with bridges with the Notre-Dame de Paris in the background, Paris, ca. 1860.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edouard Baldus, Seine with bridges with the Notre-Dame de Paris in the background, Paris, ca. 1860.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art