Charles Marville - [Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, France] / Ch. Marville.
Summary
Photograph showing the Fontaine des Innocents as installed at the Marché des Innocents in Paris, probably in 1858, just prior to one of its several relocations and reconstructions.
Inscribed in pencil: Fontaine des Innocents, Paris.
Blind stamp: Ch. Marville, photographe du Musée impérial du Louvre.
No. 10.
Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100)
Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress)
Exhibited: Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Sept. 2013 - Jan. 2014
Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100, P80.4188.
Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu; 13 March 1813 – 19 October 1879) - French photographer born in Paris was appointed as the official photographer of the city of Paris in the early 1860s. He was one of the first photographers to use albumen printing process, which produced highly detailed and tonally rich prints. He also experimented with salt prints, cyanotype, and platinum prints, 19th-century architecture, and urban landscapes.
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