File:Wilhelm Benque - Photograph of Ambroise Thomas.jpg

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Summary

Description

Català: Ambroise Thomas.

Čeština: Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas.

English: Photograph of Ambroise Thomas wearing his medals from the Légion d'honneur.

Español: Ambroise Thomas.

Suomi: Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896).

한국어: 앙브루아즈 토마.

Polski: Ambroise Thomas.

Português: Ambroise Thomas ostentando as suas medalhas da Légion d'honneur.

Slovenščina: Ambroise Thomas.

Svenska: Ambroise Thomas 1811-1896.

Türkçe: Ambroise Thomas 1811 - 1896.

Date

between 1894 and 1896 - Thomas died in 1896, and was awarded the Grand Croix badge he can be seen wearing in 1894.

Source

Gallica

Author

Wilhelm Benque (1843–1903)
Alternative names	Benque J.
Description	French photographer
Date of birth/death	1843	1903
Location of birth	Ludwigslust
Work location	Paris; Nice
Authority file	: Q2896685 VIAF: 144620929 ISNI: 000000000303686X BNF: 14078681k NKC: ola2017959464 RKD: 409339

(of Benque, 33 rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris)

Restored by

Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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Licensing

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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	01:42, 21 July 2015	4,858 × 6,869 (15.39 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Better version from Gallica. Currently unrestored.
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