Barrière de Picpus, D.8021(190), Vers 1860

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer other title: barrière de picpus, 12th arrondissement, paris (dummy title) production date: around 1860 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 7cm width: 14. 1cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(189) to (191). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in gray ink: "barrière de picpus". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, on the right, in gray ink: monograph "ll". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (190)". On the front, on the image, bottom right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (190)". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, at the top, in pencil: "topo. 155 c". On the front, on the montage, at the bottom, in pencil: "topo. 155 c / 1 small, almost identical engraving and 2 other reproductions of the building (with landscape)". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, at the top, in pencil: "topo. 153 d". On the front, on the montage, at the bottom, in pencil: "topo. 153 d / 3 fairly similar views of the building". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of the old picpus barrier consisting of a quadrangular pavilion whose main facade and side facades are each marked by a portico placed in the front, with four columns supporting a triangular pediment. On the right, in the extension of the pavilion, are the entrance gate and a concession pavilion. Floor lamp. 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(190). Date: Vers 1860.