Portrait of Jean-Martin Charcot. Born 29 November 1825 in Paris, France. Died 16 August 1893 in Montsauche-les-Settons, France. Photograph after Pierre Lanith Petit (1832-1909), c. 1900. Reasonable condition. Some soiling. Minor traces of wear along edges. Mounted onto an old album leaf. Dimensions: 75 x 42 mm. Jean-Martin Charcot was Physician, Commander of the Legion d'honneur, Neurologist, Professor of anatomical pathology, "The founder of modern neurology", "One of the world's pioneers of neurology", "The foremost neurologist of late nineteenth-century France", and "The Napoleon of the neuroses".