Rue des Lavandières
Artist
Charles Marville
(French, 1813 - 1879)
Dateca. 1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 13/16 × 10 3/4 inches (30 × 27.31 cm)
Mount: 23 3/4 × 16 3/4 inches (60.33 × 42.55 cm)
Mount: 23 3/4 × 16 3/4 inches (60.33 × 42.55 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.2.9
SignedOn mount recto, bottom center, blindstamp: "CH. MARVILLE / PHOTOGRAPHE / DU MUSEE IMPERIAL / DU LOUVRE"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Rue des Lavandières de la place M...[?]"
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "R1124j";
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "11376-MAU" / BL29007";
On mount verso, bottom center, in pencil: "PF45683";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "300407.0024".
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DescriptionImage of a narrow cobblestone street between two buildings; street signs attached to the builings indicate the intersection of Place Maubert. There are shop windows with wares for sale.Gallery LabelAppointed by the city of Paris as its official photographer in 1862, Charles Marville documented areas slated for demolition, including this street that was located just a few blocks from the Louvre, off the Rue de Rivoli. During the 1850s and 1860s, Paris experienced a massive urban transformation, as its picturesque medieval streets were razed to make way for the grand boulevards and architectural renovations that modernized the city.
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