View of the Rooftops of Paris | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1998.79
People: Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, French (Paris, France 1819 - 1896 Nanteuille-Haudoulin, France)
Title: View of the Rooftops of Paris
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1841-1842
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193684

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Photogravure

Dimensions

image: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
sheet: 14.1 x 17.7 cm (5 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: recto of the sheet, lower left, graphite: 5 D
inscription: recto, lower center, graphite: 17 [underlined]
inscription: recto, lower right, graphite: N1031J

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charles Isaacs, Malvern, Pennsylvania, sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs
Accession Year: 1998
Object Number: P1998.79
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Photographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/29/2000 - 07/23/2000

Verification Level

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