Chartres Cathedral
Original Language TitleCathedral de Chartres
Book TitleL'Art Religieux, Architecture, Sculpture, Peinture
Artist
Charles Marville
(French, 1813 - 1879)
Dateca. 1853-1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/16 inches (26.04 × 36.04 cm)
Mount: 17 3/8 × 24 1/4 inches (44.13 × 61.6 cm)
Mount: 17 3/8 × 24 1/4 inches (44.13 × 61.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.30.12
SignedOn mount recto, bottom center, printed in black type: "NÈGATIF DE CH. MARVILLE, PHOTOGRAPHIÈ ET ÈDITÈ PAR BLANQUART-ÈVRARD."
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, in black type: "CATHÈDRALE DE CHARTRES. / PORTAIL ROYAL."
On mount recto, bottom, in black type: "L'ART RELIGIEUX XII SIECLE" (left), "PL.202" (center), "IMPREMIERIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, BLANQUART - ÈVRARD A LILLE." (right).
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "01189"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of three pairs of ornately carved doors with construction debris on the steps in front of them.
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