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Charles Delahaye
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| Artist / Maker | Charles Marville |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1857 |
| Culture / Origin | French |
| Medium | albumen-coated salted paper print |
| Department | Photograph |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
At the invitation of the city of Paris, photographer Charles Marville was among the first to document the ancient quarters of his birthplace. His views, taken in the late 1850s, were intended to record the many buildings and neighborhoods ultimately destroyed by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's urban planning project that would create the boulevards and open spaces of modern Paris. While Marville's survey of the city, extensive and thorough in scope, prefigured other important efforts of its kind, it is distinguished… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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