Skip to main content

Flood at Lyon, Mai 20, 1856

Artist Louis-Antoine Froissart (French, 1815 - 1860)
DateMay 20, 1856
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 9/16 inches (23.34 × 34.45 cm)
Mount: 18 1/2 × 23 5/8 inches (46.99 × 60.01 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jay H. McDonald
Object number2025.93.3
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "(20 Mai 1856)"
MarkingsBlind stamp on mount recto, upper left: "E [image] B"; On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "4 / 30718/32"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "301784".
On View
Not on view
DescriptionImage of a flooded street with row of partially submerged buildings that recede into the distance. A still mirror-like expanse of water divides the buildings from a row of trees.
Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information, is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete. Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image, please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.


“Cours Bourbon” Lyon Flood, 5 June 1856
Louis-Antoine Froissart
June 5, 1856
2025.93.4
Place des Minines à Lyon
Louis-Antoine Froissart
ca. 1858
2025.93.5
North End
Leonard Pryor
1950
2022.8.1
Démolitions de Paris, Porte Saint Martin
Henri Jean-Louis Le Secq
1853
2012.53.27
Grand-Place Bruxelles
Louis Pierre Theophile Dubois de Nehaut
1856
2013.52.353
Mining Town
Lloyd Chester Foltz
n.d.
2019.57.2
image overall
Louis Stettner
1957; printed 1976
2022.41.2
image overall
Louis Stettner
2000
2022.41.1.29
Capriccio with Buildings on a River by a Bridge
Michele Marieschi
1730-1735
31-51 B
Carriage Driver
Alice Austen
1896
2005.27.3071
image overall
Joel Sternfeld
2000-2001; printed 2016
2024.76.25