A striking mid-nineteenth century photograph by Charles Marville capturing the narrow, winding Rue Pirouette as seen from the Rue Rambuteau in Paris's 1st arrondissement. The image documents the dense, medieval urban fabric of old Paris before Baron Haussmann's sweeping modernization campaigns transformed the city's ancient streetscapes. The work bears the prestigious blindstamp of the Musée Impérial du Louvre and a pencil inscription in an unidentified hand on the secondary mount.