Nîmes. Fontaine

People:

Édouard Baldus (photographer)
Charles Auguste Questel (architect)

Title:

Nîmes. Fontaine

Date:

ca. 1861

Description:

This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

composition: 43,5 x 30,4 cm secondary support: 60,7 x 45,2 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0054:022

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- photograph glued on secondary support

Inscription:

stamped and signed

Location:

Nîmes France

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

garden
trees
fence
marble
fountain
figures (representations)
plinth
lamppost
pedestal
basins
sculptures (visual works)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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