[Rue de Constantine]

Charles Marville French

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Trained as a painter and an illustrator, Marville began photographing in 1851, and in 1862 he was named "photographer of the city of Paris." In the service of Napoleon III, he photographed Baron Haussmann's vast program of demolition and construction in Paris. Although he also photographed the modern city that replaced old Paris, he is best known for his documents of the picturesque and insalubrious districts slated for destruction. Marville's photograph of the rue de Constantine shows an expectant moment prior to demolition on the Île de la Cité.

[Rue de Constantine], Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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[Rue de Constantine], Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris), Albumen silver print from glass negative
[Rue de Constantine], Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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