Pavillon Turgot
Photograph
1856-1857 (photographed)
1856-1857 (photographed)
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Baldus was among a group of photographers selected in 1851 by the French government's Historic Monuments Commission to document the nation's historic and contemporary architectural achievements. He used 'mammoth plates' - large glass negatives the same size as this print - to photograph the recently completed buildings which were additions to the Louvre Museum. The results show superb clarity of detail while conveying the imposing scale and grandeur of the buildings.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Pavillon Turgot (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Brief description | Photograph showing one of the buildings of the Louvre museum by Edouard-Denis Baldus, made in Paris, 1856-1857. |
| Physical description | Photograph showing one of the buildings of the Louvre museum. |
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| Gallery label | Baldus was among a group of photographers selected in 1851 by the French government's Historic Monuments Commission to document the nation's historic and contemporary architectural achievements. He used 'mammoth plates' - large glass negatives the same size as this print - to photograph the recently completed buildings which were additions to the Louvre Museum. The results show superb clarity of detail while conveying the imposing scale and grandeur of the buildings.(22 September 2004) |
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| Summary | Baldus was among a group of photographers selected in 1851 by the French government's Historic Monuments Commission to document the nation's historic and contemporary architectural achievements. He used 'mammoth plates' - large glass negatives the same size as this print - to photograph the recently completed buildings which were additions to the Louvre Museum. The results show superb clarity of detail while conveying the imposing scale and grandeur of the buildings. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 56313 |
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| Record created | June 1, 2005 |
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