NOUETTE, Charles Georges. Montlhéry near Paris 6.5.1869 — Paris 2.5.1910. French Traveller, the photographer of the Pelliot expedition in Central Asia in 1906-09. After the cossack destruction of the 1920s his and Stein’s photographs are the only remaining document of many Dunhuang murals. He was son of merchant Albert Charles Nouette and Sophie Portior, himself originally an electrician and self-taught photographer and had to renounce his original profession because of an illness. Now concentrated on photography, founded a studio in Paris and soon attracted attention of many, including Pelliot. Died of tuberculosis.
Publications: Apparently nothing.
Sources: *Pelliot, TP 11, 1910, 239; https://photographyofchina.com/blog/charles-nouette; https://fca.huma-num.fr/s/fca/item/125 with photo; Wikipedia briefly (see also French version).
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