Unknown (19th), Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel,... Lot 550
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Unknown (19th), Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, around 1880, albumen paper print
Unknown (19th century): View of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Parisian triumphal arch standing between the Louvre and the Tuileries, France, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique:
albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard
Inscription:
Labelled at the bottom centre of the cardboard. Signed and stamped lower right on the reverse: "G Crilpa Paris 49 Rue Vivienne".
Date:
c. 1880
Description:
The arch is clearly depicted, the figures at the top of the arch are slightly overexposed. Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled around Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. The photographers photographed the most famous sights of their home towns and cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves.
Keywords:
19th century, Historicism, Architecture, France,
Size:
Cardboard: 31,0 cm x 36,7 cm (12,2 x 14,4 in), Depiction: 18,9 cm x 23,8 cm (7,4 x 9,4 in)
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