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Album photographique. Les Constructions Nouvelles
People:
  • Albert Levy (photographer)
Title:

Album photographique. Les Constructions Nouvelles

Date:

ca. 1885

Description:

Portfolio of cyanotypes showing dwelling houses, private houses, trade houses, fire station etc., in Paris, Lille, Roubaix and Neuilly, France

List of plates (Table des Planches) as follows:

Nos. - Architectes
1. - Maison à loyer, Rue Rembrandt MM. A.-G. Rives
2. - - - du Luxembourg - G. Bousson
3. - - - Dulong - D. Evrard
4. - - - de Courcelles - E. Mizard
5. - - Quai Voltaire - F. Delmas
6. - - Rue du Louvre - Dionis du Séjour
7. - - Rue de Sèvres - H. Duray
8. - - Rond-Point Bugeaud - G. Morice
9. - - Rue Decamps - M. Yvon
10. - Maison privée, Rue Eugène Flachat - CH. Girault
11. - Maison à loyer, Rue Alphonse de Neuville - G. Massa
12. - - Avenue du Bois de Boulogne C. Michel
13. - - Place d'Italie - V. Rich
14. - - Rue Sédillot - E. Arnaud
15. - - - de Siam - A. Laplanche
16. - - Léon Gambetta, à Lille - L. Six
17.- - - Alphonse de Neuville - E. Georgé
18. - - - de Clichy - A. Le Voisvenel
19. - - Boulevard de Clichy (vestibule) E. Deloeuvre
20. - Maison privée, Avenue de Paris, à Roubaix Dupire - Rozan
21. - Maison de Commerce, Rue Montmartre - Harouard
22. - Caserne de Sapeurs-Pompiers, Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau - E. Perronne
23. - Maison à loyer, Rue Alphonse Poitevin - A. Sevat
24. - - - de la Pompe - A. -G. Rives
25. - - - Decamps - M. Yvon
26. - - - du Général Henrion Berthier, à Neuilly - Gridaine
27. - - - du Montparnasse - J. Breasson
28. - - - de Chartres, à Neuilly - A. Lasneret
29. - - - de Courcelles (vestibule) E. Mizard
30. - Maison privée, Rue de Lota - F. Delmas
31. - Maison à loyer, Avenue des Champs-Élysées A. Durville
32. - - Rue Vernet - P. Sédille
33. - - - Pierre Charron - A. Lemoux
34. - - - Réaumur - Lebas et Dupard
35. - - - Marguerite - Leroux et Bitner
36. - Chambre de Commerce, Rue Feydeau - J. Lisch
37. - Maison à loyer, Rue de Courcelles - P. Wallon
38. - - - Margueritte - E. Compand
39. - Grille, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne - Guérinot
40. - Maison privée, Place des États-Unis - CH. Girault
41. - Maison à loyer, Rue de Courcelles - E. Mizard
42. - - - d'Abbeville - G. Massa
43. - - - Ampère - M. Yvon
44. - Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France, Rue Blanche - F. Delmas
45. - Maison à loyer, Rue St-Placide - E. Perronne
46. - - Avenue de la République - X. Schoellkopf
47. - - Rue de Mogador - Ch. des Anges
48. - - Avenue Malakoff - Plumet
49. - - Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - CH. Breffendille
50. - Maisons privées, à Lille - Guetton, Hainez et Santerre

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 portfolio(s)
Technique and media:

Cyanotypes

Dimensions:

album: 42 x 31.5 x 5.7 cm (16 9/16 x 12 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.) compositions (range: min): 23,1 x 28,3 cm compositions (range max): 29 x 22,8 cm secondary supports: 40,7 x 30,8 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0614:001-050

Point of View:
  • external views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of green paper-covered boards and flaps and green cloth-covered spine with gilt lettering. - Mounts of thick greyish yellowish cream coloured cardboard.

Inscription:

Inscribed; stamped - Levy album/Album de/photographies (in black ink in unknown hand, on label, on cover, UL) stamped - LES CONSTRUCTIONS NOUVELLES (stamped in gilt, on spine, C) embossed signature stamp on the secondary supports, numbered in the negatives

Location:

Paris France

Subject:
  • architecture
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • trees
  • reliefs
  • people
  • doors
  • oculi (openings)
  • windows
  • entrance hall
  • stores
  • bas-reliefs
  • balconies
  • ironwork
  • steps
  • clock
  • ornaments
  • city
  • roofs
  • shutters
  • vestibule
  • pilasters
  • buildings
  • façades
  • lampposts
  • signs
  • fences
  • streets
  • tiled roofs
  • stonework
  • columns (architectural elements)
  • coat of arms
  • ladders
  • cornices
  • dwellings
  • entablatures
  • pediments
  • pipes (conduits)
  • skylight
  • curtains
  • balustrades
  • arched windows
  • colonnade
  • lanterns (roof appendages)
  • tables
  • vaulted ceiling
  • arched entrance
  • dormers
  • stools
  • bricks
  • awnings
  • apartments
  • pinnacles
  • fleurons (motifs)
  • capital (column component)
  • barrels (containers)
  • sidewalks
  • fire station
  • glass windows
  • baskets
  • grilles (barrier elements)
  • wheelbarrow
  • chimneys
  • balcony railing
  • canopy
  • double doors
  • Corinthian (architectural style) columns (architectural elements)
  • sculptures (visual works)
  • horse-drawn carriage
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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