"Carrières d'Amérique près Paris" is an etching by Auguste Louis Lepère that depicts the quarries near Paris that supplied stone for the city's construction and development. Lepère's skillful use of the etching medium captures the industrial landscape with atmospheric detail, rendering the excavated terrain and working activity through precise line work and tonal variations. The print exemplifies the artist's interest in documenting modern labor and the transformed Parisian landscape during the late 19th century.