Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)

"Gare de l'Ouest (Montparnasse)," 1864-1870

Albumen print from a collodion negative

36.0 x 23.1 cm

Charles Marville was commissioned in the 1860s to produce a series of views of the old streets and buildings of Paris before their destruction in the wake of Haussmann’s transformation of the city during the Second Empire. By the 1870s he was documenting the new streetlamps, examples of the emergence of Paris as a city of luxury, modernity, and light. The albumen print of “Gare de l'Ouest (Montparnasse)” is a fine example of the clarity and close attentiveness to detail and structure Marville achieves in his elegantly composed lamppost pictures.

Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)

"Candélabre du pont de la Concorde," 1864-1870

Albumen print from a collodion negative

36.2 x 24.7 cm

Charles Marville was commissioned in the 1860s to produce a series of views of the old streets and buildings of Paris before their destruction in the wake of Haussmann’s transformation of the city during the Second Empire. By the 1870s he was documenting the new streetlamps, examples of the emergence of Paris as a city of luxury, modernity, and light. The albumen print of “Candélabre du pont de la Concorde” is a fine example of the clarity and close attentiveness to detail and structure Marville achieves in his elegantly composed lamppost pictures.

Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Interior of a Cathedral, circa 1864
Albumen print from a collodion negative
36.0 x 28.0 cm mounted on 61.2 x 43.9 cm paper
Photographer's blindstamp "CH MARVILLE / PHOTOGRAPHE DU MUSÉE IMPERIAL DU LOUVRE" on mount

Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)

"Rue Saint-Christophe", 1865-1869

Albumen print from a collodion negative

36.4 x 26.3 cm

Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Paysage du Bois de Boulogne, 1858
Albumen print from a collodion negative
25.0 x 35.8 cm mounted on 41.0 x 58.0 cm paper

Provenance
Collection of Pierre Marc Richard

Charles Marville (French, 1813-1879)
Cathédrale de Chartres, portail septentrional, circa 1853-1854
Blanquart-Évrard process salt print from a paper negative
35.2 x 25.3 cm on 55.4 x 38.6 cm paper

Charles Marville (French, 1816-1879)
Cloud Study, mid 1850s
Albumen print
6.18 x 8.23 inches
15.7 x 20.9 cm
15.7 x 20.9 cm, mounted

Provenance
William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), by descent