Enterrement, prison de Saint-Lazare, 107 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 10ème arrondissement, Paris, PH15204(2), between 1898 and 1912

Author(s): brichaut, albert (around 1901), photographer other title: st lazare (burial. ) (inscribed title (letter)) production date: between 1898 and 1912 type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts name(s): photography materials and techniques: aristotype dimensions - artwork: height: 11. 6cm width: 16. 2cm dimensions - original assembly: height: 20. 7cm width: 26. 8cm description: reproduction of a painting laminated on an old mount marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the cardboard at the top center, handwritten in black ink: "st lazare (burial. )". \ inscription in ink inscription - on the back of the box, top left, handwritten in pencil: "3. 683". \ inscription in ink stamp - on the back, on the cardboard in the center, photographer's stamp in black ink: "albert brichaut / 126 rue lafayette, 126 / paris / home photography / day or night / interiors, groups, deaths, workshop, / enlargements, / reproductions / telephone". Iconographic description: saint-lazare prison, 107 rue du faubourg saint-denis, 10th arrondissement. Photo of a painting or drawing. Funeral. In front of the infirmary door, two women carry a stretcher on which there is a coffin covered with a catafalque. Women follow the procession. To the left of the coffin, a nun and to the right a guard. Historical commentary: in 1898 the destruction of many prisons was decided. Saint-lazare escaped this first wave, but the question of its destruction was raised again in 1912. The municipal commission of old commissioned photographs of these buildings before their disappearance. The judicial part of saint-lazare was finally destroyed between 1935 and 1940. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 08–11–1897 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: ph15204. Date: between 1898 and 1912.