Napoleon III and Paris - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris

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Charles Soulier (French, 1840ñ1875)
The Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, ca. 1867
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 16 x 12 1/16 in. (40.7 x 30.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1988 (1988.1072)

French Machinery

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Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816ñ1868)
French Machinery, 1855
Salted paper print from glass negative; 8 11/16 x 11 5/16 in. (22 x 28.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1992 (1992.5030)

Imperial Library of the Louvre

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…douard Baldus (French, b. Prussia, 1813ñ1889)
Imperial Library of the Louvre, 1856ñ57
Salted paper print from glass negative; 17 1/4 x 13 7/16 in. (43.9 x 34.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1994 (1994.137)

The VendÙme Column

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Franck (FranÁois Marie Louis Alexandre Gobinet de Villecholle) (French, 1816ñ1906)
The VendÙme Column, 1871
Albumen silver print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 (53.704.8)

Rue du Chat-qui-PÍche (from the Rue de la Huchette)

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Charles Marville (French, 1816ñ1879)
Rue du Chat-qui-PÍche (from the Rue de la Huchette), ca. 1868
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 14 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. (35.9 x 27.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift of Howard Stein (L.2001.13)

Sculpture of the Virgin and Child, Notre Dame, Paris

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Auguste Mestral (French, 1812ñ1884)
Sculpture of the Virgin and Child, Notre Dame, Paris, ca. 1851
Salted paper print from paper negative; 13 13/16 x 10 7/8 in. (35.1 x 27.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2000 (2000.290)

Barricades of the Commune, April 1871, at the Corner of the Place HÙtel de Ville and Rue de Rivoli

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Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg (French, 1810ñ1893)
Barricades of the Commune, April 1871, at the Corner of the Place HÙtel de Ville and Rue de Rivoli, 1871
Albumen silver print; 4 3/16 x 3 15/16 in. (10.6 x 10 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1998 (1998.334.1)

The Empress EugÈnie at Prayer, Saint-Cloud

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Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820ñ1884)
The Empress EugÈnie at Prayer, Saint-Cloud, 1856
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 9 3/16 x 7 3/16 in. (23.4 x 18.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005 (2005.100.258)

Empress EugÈnie and the Prince Imperial

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Attributed to FranÁois-Benjamin-Maria Delessert (French, 1817ñ1868)
Empress EugÈnie and the Prince Imperial, 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 8 1/2 x 6 5/16 in. (21.6 x 16 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, by exchange, 2005 (2005.100.631)

Arts et MÈtiers

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Charles Marville (French, 1816ñ1879)
Arts et MÈtiers (Old Model), 1877
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 14 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (36.6 x 24.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2007 (2007.167)

Tuileries Palace, Burned

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Alphonse J. LiÈbert (French, 1827ñ1913)
Tuileries Palace, Burned, 1871, from Les Ruines de Paris et de ses Environs 1870ñ1871
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (19 x 25 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2007 (2007.454.1.4)

Reception Hall, Council of State

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Charles Soulier (French, 1840ñ1875)
Reception Hall, Council of State, May 1871
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (19 x 24.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in memory of Sam Wagstaff, 2008 (2009.32.1)

Bust of Napoleon III

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827ñ1875)
Bust of Napoleon III, 1873
Marble; H. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Anne and George Blumenthal Fund, Munsey and Fletcher Funds, funds from various donors, Agnes Shewan Rizzo Bequest and Mrs. Peter Oliver Gift, 1974 (1974.297)

The New Paris Opera (Ornamental Sculpture)

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Louis-Emile Durandelle (French, 1839ñ1917)
The New Paris Opera (Ornamental Sculpture), 1865ñ72
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 15 1/16 x 11 in. (38.3 x 27.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1995 (1995.9)

Rue du Haut-Pave from the Quai de Montebello

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Charles Marville (French, 1816ñ1879)
Rue du Haut-Pave from the Quai de Montebello, 1865ñ69
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 8 1/8 x 14 9/16 in. (20.6 x 37 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Howard Greenberg, Paula and Robert Hershkowitz, Charles Isaacs, and Hans P. Kraus Jr., in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2008 (2008.668)