Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype

People:

Alphonse Chamouin (engraver (printmaker))

Title:

Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype

Date:

ca. 1855

Description:

Album titled 'Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype. Daziaro 15 boulevart [sic] des Italiens'. The name Daziaro refers to the print merchant from Saint Petersburg, in Paris. The title page reads: 'Collection de vues de Paris prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier par Chamouin'. It shows 25 steel engravings for which daguerreotypes were used as references, of views of Paris (and one of Versailles). It is an example of an early use of photography to make iconographical illustrations. The monuments of Paris portrayed in this album are Place de la Concorde, Palais du Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, Fontaine de la Place Louvois, Château des Tuileries, Église St.-Germain l'Auxerrois, Palais royal, La Bourse, Pont Neuf, Arc de Triomphe, Église de la Madeleine, École militaire et Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Château de Versailles, Palais du Corps législatif et Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Louvre, Église Notre-Dame, Fontaine Molière, Colonne de la Place Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Dôme des Invalides, Panthéon and Église Saint-Sulpice.

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Engravings (prints)

Dimensions:

album: 27,8 x 38 x 1,8 cm pages: 27,2 x 37,2 cm compositions (min.): 21,2 x 15,5 cm compositions (max.): 15,8 x 24 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0607

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Dark green paper covered coverboards, gilt lettering on front coverboard and spine, gilt decorations on spine, green leather covered spine, blind ornaments of front cover.

Inscription:

inscribed, imprinted and numbered

Location:

Versailles France

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fountains
obelisk
city
bridges (built works)
buildings
castles
cascade
columns (architectural elements)
churches
monuments
hôtel de ville
religious buildings
open space
palace buildings
military academies
triumphal arches
engraving (print)
domed building

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

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