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Charles Marville
Boulevard Henri IV (de la rue de Sully) (fourth arrondissement)
1877 (ca)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
24 x 36.4 cm (9 7/16 x 14 5/16 ins)
Musée Carnavalet
LL/53883
Curatorial description
This desolate space was in the process of being transformed into one of the most magnificent boulevards in Paris, cutting a long vista between the Panthéon and the July Column (a monument commemorating the revolution of 1830). In Marville’s photograph, the column appears as a mirage hovering in the middle distance, separated from the viewer by scarred earth, half-demolished buildings, and a team of complacent horses awaiting orders.
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