887508 Portrait of Maurice Barr?癡s (1862 - 1923) (black and white photograph) by French Photographer, (19th century); Archives Larousse, Paris, France; (add.info.: Maurice Barr?癡s (1862 - 1923) was a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in the French literature with the release of his work \'The Cult of the Self\' in 1888. In politics, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1889 as a Boulangist and would play a prominent political role for the rest of his life.); French, out of copyright.