Hotel de Ville and the Pont d'Arcole during Queen Victoria's Visit
Artist
Édouard Baldus
(French, born Prussia, 1813 - 1889)
Date1855
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 9/16 inches (32.23 × 44.61 cm)
Mount: 16 5/8 × 21 15/16 inches (42.23 × 55.72 cm)
Mount: 16 5/8 × 21 15/16 inches (42.23 × 55.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.18.6
SignedOn image recto, lower right, in negative: "EB";
On mount recto, lower right, in black ink: "E. Baldus"
InscribedOn image recto, lower left, in negative: "No.14";
On mount recto, lower right, in black ink: "Paris".
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "10341"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionView across the Seine toward the Hotel de Ville on the opposite bank; the bridge runs across the center of the image with a group of people standing on the far side of the bridge, looking over and down, toward the river.
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