The Petit-pont and the Petit-pont Square, 1880, Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, between 1875 and 1882

A view of the the petit-pont and the place du petit-pont. Currently located between the left bank and the ile de la cité, the petit-pont runs between the rue saint-michel (in the 5th arrondissement) and the rue de la cité (in the 4th arrondissement). It is one of the oldest bridges in paris. The current petit-pont was rebuilt in 1853, 23 years after the bridge in this image. The name petit-pont comes from the small arm in the seine river, which the bridge crosses, that flows around the ile de la cité. Date: between 1875 and 1882. Dimensions: 24 x 30 cm. Medium: lithograph. Collection: Brown University Library. Le Petit-pont et la Place du Petit-pont, 1880