Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
"Tarascon. Viaduc", 1855
Albumen print from a paper negative
36.2 x 54.0 cm mounted on 45.5 x 60.8 cm paper
Title and signature "E. Baldus" stamped on mount

This image was made by Baldus for the album Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée.

Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
"Paysage a Thiers", 1854
Salt print from a paper negative
40.3 x 33.0 cm, ruled in ink, mounted on 54.2 x 38.2 cm paper
Signed "E. Baldus.", titled "Paysage a Thiers." and numbered "No 55." in the negative. Titled "Paysage a Thiers" in ink on mount

Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
Flood, Brotteaux Quarter, Lyon, 1856
Salt print from a paper negative
33.6 x 44.5 cm
Illegible inscription in ink on verso

Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
Church of Saint-Pierre, Caen, 1858
Salt print from a glass negative
43.9 x 33.6 cm

Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
Decorative element, Louvre, circa 1856
Albumen print from a collodion negative
13.7 x 22.2 cm

Édouard Baldus received his largest commission by the French Ministry of State in 1855, when the Commission des Monuments Historiques asked him to document the construction of the New Louvre. This vast project, carried out between 1855 and 1857, encompassed more than 2,000 photographs documenting every piece of statuary and a sample of every pattern of decorative stonework. It eventually constituted the most widely known aspect of the artist's oeuvre.

Édouard-Denis Baldus (French, 1813-1889)
Arles, St. Trophime, before 1862
Albumen print from a collodion negative
42.6 x 33.6 cm mounted on 60.0 x 45.5 cm paper

This photograph was made as part of Baldus' series, Chemin de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, an inspired body of architectural and landscape views along the railway line, begun in the 1850s. Baldus first photographed the Romanesque church of St. Trophime in 1851 during his Mission Héliographique, and returned to it frequently to photograph the exquisite sculpture on it's facade and in the cloisters.