La Bievre (de la rue du Pont-aux-biches)

A atmospheric photograph by Charles Marville captures the Bièvre river as seen from the rue du Pont-aux-biches, offering a quiet glimpse into the vanishing waterways of 19th-century Paris. Marville's characteristic documentary precision renders the scene with stark clarity, preserving the humble banks and surrounding architecture of this modest urban river before its eventual enclosure and disappearance beneath the city streets. The photograph bears a credit blindstamp on the mount and a handwritten title on an affixed label, hallmarks of Marville's meticulous archival approach to his celebrated survey of old Paris.