Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, sc. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, sc.
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This view centers on the Pont Neuf and its equestrian statue of Henry IV, the king under whose reign construction of the bridge began before his assassination in 1610. The image comes from *Excursions Daguerriennes*, a series of plates that N. P. Lerebours published in 1842 to show Paris as early photography had recorded it. Martens engraved the scene in etching and aquatint from a daguerreotype, and the hand coloring gives it a painterly finish. The bronze statue shown here is a later replacement, since the original was melted down during the Revolution.
| Created / published | 1842 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching and aquatint, color, with hand-coloring. |
| Genre | City views 1840-1850.Book illustrations 1840-1850.Etchings Hand-colored 1840-1850.Aquatints Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 20. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours. |
| Subjects | Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610--Monuments & memorials--1840-1850. Pont-Neuf (Paris, France)--1840-1850. Monuments & memorials--France--Paris--1840-1850. Bridges--France--Paris--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,486 × 3,630 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223009 |
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