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Construction of the Avenue de l‘Opéra in Paris
Charles Marville (mentioned on object), 1876 - 1877-02-24
Between 1853 and 1870 the incessant din of buildings being knocked down resounded throughout Paris. Emperor Napoléon III engaged Georges-Eugène Haussmann to mastermind the city’s rigorous urban renewal, whereby a significant portion of the old medieval Paris vanished to make way for boulevards and newly built houses. Charles Marville recorded much of this demolition and construction.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-1996-257
- Dimensionsheight 258 mm x width 359 mm
- Physical characteristicsalbuminedruk