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Catacombes de Paris, "En bas a gauche, un element de lumiere artificielle"
Catacombes de Paris, "En bas a gauche, un element de lumiere artificielle"

Catacombes de Paris, "En bas a gauche, un element de lumiere artificielle"

Artist Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon] (French, 1820 - 1910)
Date1862
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 7/8 inches (21.43 × 17.46 cm)
Mount: 18 9/16 × 13 inches (47.15 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jay H. McDonald
Object number2025.93.10
SignedBlind stamp on mount recto, bottom center: "35 / BOULEVART DES CAPUCINES / Nadar"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "302219.1"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "H2393/31"
On View
Not on view
DescriptionImage of a central pedestal with two obelisk-shaped pillars and a wall-like arrangement of stacked human skulls and bones.
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