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Charles Marville — View of the Small Grotto toward the Deer Pond, Bois de Boulogne
Charles Marville

View of the Small Grotto toward the Deer Pond, Bois de Boulogne

1858

Romantic landscape design meets documentary precision in Marville's view of Napoleon III's redesigned public park. The photograph illustrates the Second Empire's ambitious urban planning projects.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Charles Marville, View of the Small Grotto toward the Deer Pond, Bois de Boulogne, 1858

Romantic landscape design meets documentary precision in Marville's view of Napoleon III's redesigned public park. The photograph illustrates the Second Empire's ambitious urban planning projects.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1858
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Albumen Print, Serene, Documentary, Architectural, Landscape, Nature, Park

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art