This striking photograph by Charles Marville captures a quiet Parisian street scene along the Rue Ollivier, looking toward the Rue St-Georges, documenting the city's urban fabric with his characteristic clarity and precision. As the official photographer commissioned to record Paris during Baron Haussmann's sweeping transformations of the mid-19th century, Marville preserves here a glimpse of the city's architectural character and everyday street life. The work is presented on a mount bearing the "Photographe des Museés Nationaux" blindstamp and an ink-inscribed label identifying the subject.