54. Fontaine au Jardin des Tuileries (vues de Paris), Stereoview by Florent Grau

Description: Title: 54. Fontaine au Jardin des Tuileries 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:There is nothing of special historical interesting here, but it might have been of great interest to the average Frenchman, who might have viewed the Tuileries Gardens from ground level, when it was open to the public. On the other hand, a view from above, no doubt from an upper window of the Palace, looking over the garden, was something the average citizen did not have access to. That may have made views like this especially interesting, at the time.

Price: 12.95 USD

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

End Time: 2025-01-12T00:28:27.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD