Vue du salon du premier étage de Madame Récamier avant démolition, Abbaye-aux-Bois, 7ème arrondissement, Paris, PH81843, En 10–1906

Author(s): barry, jean (in 1913), photographer other title: abbaye aux bois - salon du 1er etage de me récamier (title attributed) production date: in 10–1906 dating in century: 20th century type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts name(s): photography materials and techniques: gelatin-silver print dimensions - artwork: height: 17cm width: 23cm dimensions - mounting: height: 40cm width: 50cm description: old print laminated on a mount and placed in a polyester sleeve. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: registration - registration on the front iconographic description: view of madame récamier's first floor living room before demolition, abbaye-aux-bois, 7th arrondissement, paris historical commentary: in the minutes of the old paris commission of 10 11 1906, p. 262: demolition of the abbaye-aux-bois: "your 3rd sub-commission thought that it would be interesting and valuable for the carnavalet museum's boxes to complete the series of photographic reproductions already taken with a view of the parts of the monastery into which it had been impossible to enter. In agreement with your 3rd commission, the following new reproductions were made urgently during the demolition work. 1° a view of the large corridor of the cells from the 1st floor, in the east building overlooking the cloister [sic]; 2° the view of a nun's cell, with its alcove; 3° the demolition site of the cloister; 4° the view of the old buildings which obscured it and which have just been demolished; first by mme récamier, taken exactly from the point where the famous painting of juinne was made. Name of donor, testator, seller: commission du vieux paris date of acquisition: 1906 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: ph81843. Date: En 10–1906.