Various views of ports, bridges, castles, churches and villages in Brittany and Vendée, France

People:

J. Duclos (photographer)

Title:

Various views of ports, bridges, castles, churches and villages in Brittany and Vendée, France

Date:

ca. 1864-1869

Description:

Album containing several views of ports, monuments and villages of Brittany, France: Saint-Nazaire; transatlantic boats from the Ligne des Antilles; the Scala Sancta of Ste-Anne; the chapel of Ste-Anne d'Auray; Vannes; Belle-Isle; the Champ des Martyrs; Auray; the church tower of Hennebont; Port de Lorient; Quimperlé (ville haute et ville basse); Quimper; Chateaulin and Port-Launay. Also, two photographs in Vendée, France: Chateau de Clisson and Chateau de la Jumellière (Cte de Maillé).

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 63,6 x 50,1 x 2,3 cm comps.: 25,2 x 34,5 cm comps.: 34,5 x 25,2 cm secondary supports: 49,3 x 62,3 cm secondary supports: 62,3 x 49,3 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0987.01:001-028

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of maroon leather-covered spine and corners, marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, and marbled endpapers.

Inscription:

stamped and signed; inscribed - Vers 1864/69/De la Collection du Vicomte Benoist d'Azy/Administrateur de Paris-Ouest/ Homme politique de la droite monarchique/il protesta contre le coup d'Etat et/ lut publiquement le décret de/déchéance au lendemain du 2 décembre 1851 (in pencil, in unknown hand, verso, of end paper, UL). stamped - Chemins/De/Fer (stamped in gilt, on spine, U)

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

garden
ruins
trees
fence
people
street
stairs
doors
chimneys (architectural elements)
houses
oculi (openings)
windows
bas-reliefs
balconies
railings
statues
clock
shutters
hills
canals
bridges (built works)
buildings
staircases
fortifications
streets
tiled roofs
castle
island
roads
stone wall
church towers
automobiles
cross (visual work)
churches
mountains
monument
entablature
pediment
portals
boats
chapel
commemorative
field
port
religious buildings
cities
rocks
sailboats
forests
naval shipyard
dormers
open space
booths
awnings
embankments
glass doors
Doric order columns (architectural elements)
capital (column component)
arch bridges
barrels (containers)
glass windows
wheelbarrow
masts
niche
water
grass (plant)
archway
letters (signs)
balcony railing
pinnacles
coastal town
sculptures (visual works)
river-banks
domed building

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

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