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Unknown (19th), Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, around 1880, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): "PARIS Avenue des Champs-Élysées" with passers-by and horse-drawn carriage, Axe historique, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: Very charming photograph of the central part of the "Axe historique" visual axis between the Obelisque (Place de la Concorde) and the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles-de-Gaulle), which also documents the lively street life with horse-drawn carriages and passers-by in period dress. At the lower edge of the image with the inscription "PARIS Avenue des Champs-Élysées" and photographer "X. Phot.". Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled around Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. The photographers photographed the most famous sights of their home towns and cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, France, Size: Cardboard: 27,2 cm x 35,2 cm (10,7 x 13,9 in), Depiction: 12,0 cm x 18,8 cm (4,7 x 7,4 in) Condition: Good condition. The illustration makes a very good impression. Backing discoloured due to age. Verso with traces of an earlier mounting.

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Unknown (19th), Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, around 1880, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): "PARIS Avenue des Champs-Élysées" with passers-by and horse-drawn carriage, Axe historique, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: Very charming photograph of the central part of the "Axe historique" visual axis between the Obelisque (Place de la Concorde) and the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles-de-Gaulle), which also documents the lively street life with horse-drawn carriages and passers-by in period dress. At the lower edge of the image with the inscription "PARIS Avenue des Champs-Élysées" and photographer "X. Phot.". Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled around Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. The photographers photographed the most famous sights of their home towns and cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, France, Size: Cardboard: 27,2 cm x 35,2 cm (10,7 x 13,9 in), Depiction: 12,0 cm x 18,8 cm (4,7 x 7,4 in) Condition: Good condition. The illustration makes a very good impression. Backing discoloured due to age. Verso with traces of an earlier mounting.

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