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Arthur de Gobineau
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Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau (July 14, 1816 — October 13, 1882) was a French aristocrat. He was well educated, and wrote many things. He became famous for developing the racialist theory of the Aryan Master race in his book An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853-1855).

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  • Black and white sketch of Antoine Galland 
    The Orientalist tales of Antoine Galland (pictured) had a strong influence on Gobineau in his youth.
  • Departmental Museum of the Oise
    Portrait of Gobineau's wife, Clémence, by Ary Scheffer (1850)
  • Photograph of the cover of the original edition of An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
    Cover of the original edition of An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races
  • Sepia photograph of Josiah C. Nott looking to his left 
    Josiah C. Nott
  • Painted portrait of Paul Émile Botta looking at the artist. 
    French archaeologist Paul-Émile Botta (pictured) regarded Gobineau's Persian work as nonsense.
  • From a 1924 edition – illustration by Maurice Becque

    An illustration from Gobineau's novel Nouvelle Asiatiques, published while he was in Sweden. The book reflected his long-standing interest in Persia and the Orient.

  • Photograph of German composer Richard Wagner 
    The German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), with whom Gobineau maintained a strong friendship, shown in a photograph taken in Paris, 1867
  • A reproduction of the print entitled Völker Europas, wahrt eure heiligsten Güter ("Peoples of Europe, guard your dearest goods," 1895) or The Yellow Peril painting with an armed angel showing armed women a fiery battle.
    Völker Europas, wahrt eure heiligsten Güter ("Peoples of Europe, guard your dearest goods," 1895) The Yellow Peril painting. Much of the imagery appears drawn from Gobineau's anti-Asian writings, via his friend Prince Philip von Eulenburg who helped with turning Wilhelm II's sketch into the painting.
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