Louis-Émile Durandelle (1839-1917) - Albert Chevojon... Lot 63

Louis-Émile Durandelle (1839-1917) - Albert Chevojon (1865-1925 )Construction of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre. Paris, 1877-1901. limestone extraction (Château-Landon stone) in a quarry in Souppes-sur-Loing . Quarrymen cutting the limestone. Transporting the stones. General view of the Montmartre hill. First and second steam winches installed on the south side of the hill. Square place Saint-Pierre. Excavation work. Railroad designed for the evacuation of materials after the excavation. Construction of the basements under the apse. Wooden structures under the ambulatory. Scaffolding of the apse. Double arch of the Saint-Pierre chapel. Henri Rauline, inspector of the works on the site. Plans of the different stages and elevations. Sides of the crypt. Double scaffolding of the upper church. Erection of the walls of the upper church between the double scaffolding. Construction of the vault of an apse chapel. General view of the site from the guards' barracks with the master builders and workers, soldiers and a knife sharpener. Perspective on the site of the Sacré-Cœur in the axis of the rue de la Chaussée d'Antin from the boulevard des Italiens. Pinnacles and turrets. Pendant of the central dome. Group composed of Monseigneur François Richard, the architects Henri Rauline and Charles Laisné, the painter Hubert Rohault de Fleury, Father François Voirin and the National Vow Committee. View of the Sacred Heart from the roof of the National Assembly. Ornamental sculptures. Testing the visual effect of a gargoyle with a plaster model. Group of quarrymen with Louis-Émile Durandelle. Lifting tower erected on Lamarck Street. Intersection of rue Lamarck, rue de la Bonne and rue Becquerel. Solemn inauguration of the basilica (June 1891). Tent to welcome the pilgrims, shelter Saint-Joseph, rue du Chevalier de la Barre. Lanterns. Erection of the dome. Scaffolding of the main façade. View of the Montmartre hillock from the place d'Anvers. Three (3) oblong folio albums with cardboard covers, titled on the first plates, composed respectively of 127, 102 and 102 albumen prints, from collodion glass negatives, mounted on sheets. Stamps "Photo Chevojon - 9 rue Cadet - Paris" on the covers. Numerous dates on the mounts, in the negatives or on the back of the prints. Some annotations and technical indications on the mounts. Stamped numbering on a part of the prints. Sizes: from 22x28 to 34x43cm