Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
"Gare de l'Ouest (Montparnasse)," 1864-1870
Albumen print from a collodion negative
36.0 x 23.1 cm
Charles Marville was commissioned in the 1860s to produce a series of views of the old streets and buildings of Paris before their destruction in the wake of Haussmann’s transformation of the city during the Second Empire. By the 1870s he was documenting the new streetlamps, examples of the emergence of Paris as a city of luxury, modernity, and light. The albumen print of “Gare de l'Ouest (Montparnasse)” is a fine example of the clarity and close attentiveness to detail and structure Marville achieves in his elegantly composed lamppost pictures.
Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
"Candélabre du pont de la Concorde," 1864-1870
Albumen print from a collodion negative
36.2 x 24.7 cm
Charles Marville was commissioned in the 1860s to produce a series of views of the old streets and buildings of Paris before their destruction in the wake of Haussmann’s transformation of the city during the Second Empire. By the 1870s he was documenting the new streetlamps, examples of the emergence of Paris as a city of luxury, modernity, and light. The albumen print of “Candélabre du pont de la Concorde” is a fine example of the clarity and close attentiveness to detail and structure Marville achieves in his elegantly composed lamppost pictures.
Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Interior of a Cathedral, circa 1864
Albumen print from a collodion negative
36.0 x 28.0 cm mounted on 61.2 x 43.9 cm paper
Photographer's blindstamp "CH MARVILLE / PHOTOGRAPHE DU MUSÉE IMPERIAL DU LOUVRE" on mount
Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Paysage du Bois de Boulogne, 1858
Albumen print from a collodion negative
25.0 x 35.8 cm mounted on 41.0 x 58.0 cm paper
Provenance
Collection of Pierre Marc Richard
Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Cathédrale de Chartres, portail septentrional, circa 1853-1854
Blanquart-Évrard process salt print from a paper negative
35.2 x 25.3 cm on 55.4 x 38.6 cm paper
Charles Marville (French, 1816-1879)
"Opéra Candélabre à 7 lumières avec globe", 1864-1870
Albumen print from a collodion negative
35.2 x 24.8 cm, mounted
Numbered "81" in pencil, "Collection Debuisson" wetstamp, with artist's and "Musée Imperial du Louvre" blindstamp on mount. Title inscribed in ink on affixed label
Provenance
Collection Debuisson
Charles Marville (French, 1816-1879)
Cloud Study, mid 1850s
Albumen print
6.18 x 8.23 inches
15.7 x 20.9 cm
15.7 x 20.9 cm, mounted
Provenance
William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), by descent