Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 16 prints : etching, drypoint; 12.1 x 23.7 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Etched views of Paris under siege during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. Includes views of fortifications on Montmartre and along the Seine at Auteuil and elsewhere, military camps, the interior of a post of the Garde Nationale, and war damage. Some prints include observation balloons, chimneys, tents and windmills. One print is dedicated to the print publisher, A. Cadart, commemorating his service during the siege. Some prints are present in more than one state.

Subject

1. Cadart, A. > Military service
2. Paris (France). Garde nationale
3. Balloons
4. Chimneys
5. Forts & fortifications > France > Paris
6. Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
7. Military camps > France > Paris
8. Soldiers > France > Paris
9. Tents
10. War damage > France > Paris
11. Windmills
12. Auteuil (Paris, France)
13. Montmartre (Paris, France)
14. Paris (France) > History > Siege, 1870-1871
15. Seine River (France)

Genre/Form

1. Cityscape prints – French – 19th century.
2. Etchings – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. L69. Vue prise du viaduc du Point-du-Jour (1st state) -- L69. Vue prise du viaduc du Point-du-Jour (2nd state) -- L70. Bastion 66 -- L71. Porte de Versailles -- L72. Un effet de bombardement -- L73. Le Cavalie (Bastion 63) -- L74. Un tir aux bastions -- L75. Avenue de Boulogne -- L76. Mare de Auteuil (1st state) -- L76. Mare de Auteuil (2nd state) -- L77. Porte de l'avenue Ulrich -- L78. Bastion 49 -- L79. Un poste de garde nationale (1st state) -- L79. Un poste de garde nationale (2nd state) -- L80. Batterie de Montmartre -- L81. Planche supplémentaire: 5e secteur, Bastion 49 et porte Bineau.

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title and date from Lalanne's manuscript catalogue in the Print Collection, The New York Public Library.
2. Etchings are numbered according to Lalanne's manuscript catalogue in the Print Collection, The New York Public Library.
3. Some prints include signature and inscriptions in graphite by the artist.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aids available.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. L69 bears the collector's mark of Maxime Lalanne (Lugt 1657)

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886.

Title

1. Souvenirs artistiques du siège de Paris [graphic] / Maxime Lalanne.

Imprint

1. 1870-1871.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Finding aids available.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. L69 bears the collector's mark of Maxime Lalanne (Lugt 1657)

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886. Collector
3. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC