Ferdinand J Mulnier

Ferdinand J Mulnier was a photographer documented as professionally active around 1871. Although definitive biographical dates are unavailable, Mulnier is known for a body of portrait photography represented in significant public holdings.

Seven photographic works by Mulnier are preserved in museum collections, confirming the artist’s standing. These holdings include major American institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago. The preserved works, which often document figures prominent in the arts and literature, include portraits titled Aldophe Belot, Cham, Eugène Labiche, Gounod, and Henri, vicomte de Bornier. Today, these original images constitute important records, and high-quality prints derived from this collection allow for wider study of Ferdinand J Mulnier prints and 19th-century photographic documentation now entering the public domain.