Barrière de Vaugirard, 15ème arrondissement, Paris, D.8021(169)(2), En 1860

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer production date: in 1860 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 6. 8cm width: 14. 2cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(169) to (171). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in gray ink: "barrière de vaugirard, / demolished 18". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, on the right, in gray ink: monograph "ll" / "1860". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (169)". On the front, on the image, bottom right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (169)". Inscription - on the front, on the mounting, at the bottom, in pencil: "topo. 161 c / small almost identical litho / engraving by palaiseau (1819) opposite facade". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of the old vaugirard barrier consisting of a quadrangular pavilion with a base marked with bosses, the offset entrance of which is located to the right of two doric columns. On the right, a gate then a granting station, in front of which a guard waits. Vegetation. Historical commentary: the donor classified this collection into 19 series: 1) paris, right bank; 2) enclosure barriers removed on january 1, 1860; 3) plans and overviews; 4) bridges and railways; 5) hotels; 6) ile notre-dame - ile st. Louis; 7) paris, left bank; 8) colleges - schools; 9) hospitals - hospices; 10) convents - communities; 11) hotels, ceremonies, churches, miscellaneous; 12) passages, courtyards, cities, villas,. . .;13) churches; 14) public festivals, theaters, balls, concerts, etc.;15) ancient paris following brétez, bullet, dulaure, israel, henriet, callot, gomboust, israel silvestre. . . , pregnant of philippe auguste; 16) town halls; 17) domes; 18) sieges of the prussians 1870-71; 19) fountains, reservoirs. A manuscript of 6 sheets entitled: "alphabetical catalog of sketches from nature taken in paris until 1876", lists in alphabetical order the parisian places drawn by the artist. Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: dutripon (mr) date of acquisition: 1950 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: d. 8021(169). Date: En 1860.