33. Esplanade des Invalides (vues de Paris), 1860s Stereoview, by Florent Grau

Description: Title: 33. Esplanade des Invalides The series:This auction is for a stereoview from the “(vues de Paris)” series, which presents images of Paris as it then was in the late 1850s and early 1860s. There are roughly two hundred numbered views in the series, including some with the same style of mount and label but lacking the (vues de Paris) title. The artist:There is nothing printed on any of these by an artist claiming authorship of these works. A small number from this series represent imperial residences, and a small number of those are clearly from the same negatives as views published by Florent Grau. Grau used as a marque the initials “G. A. F.”, which were his initials in reverse order. I bring this up to suggest that some, perhaps all, of the works in this series are by Grau. Feel free to contact me with evidence for or against this attribution. Many of these have a rubber-stamp on the reverse for A. Hautecoeur, but he was a print and photograph dealer, not a photographer. The History:I am puzzled by this title, because the esplanade is not even visible in this image. Instead, we are looking at what other photographers have referred to as the cannonade, or simply “les cannons” des Invalides: a row of obsolete cannons that are a reminder of who les Invalides were: the many brave Frenchmen who were injured in the service of their country, and who ended up in hospital beds, some for the rest of their lives. This view has the rubber stamp of A. Hautecoeur on the reverse

Price: 12.95 USD

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

End Time: 2025-01-12T00:22:18.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD