Chateau of Courances, Forest of Fountainbleu, France – Vintage Wall Art
![Chateau of Courances, Forest of Fountainbleu, France, [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e5/e506cbb0ff1e-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Chateau of Courances, Forest of Fountainbleu, France, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Chateau of Courances, Forest of Fountainbleu, France
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Few French country houses are as closely tied to their water as the Château de Courances, which sits within easy reach of the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris. Its long, still basins and straight tree-lined canals reflect a formal garden tradition that prized geometry and reflection, with the château rising behind them. Frances Benjamin Johnston, an American photographer who recorded gardens and architecture in Europe in the early twentieth century, made this view. The caption card dates the print between 1910 and 1925, though that date has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No. 117. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,037 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159977 |
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