Author(s):
leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer
other title: vincennes station, place de la bastille, 12th arrondissement, paris. (dummy title)
production date: in 1874
type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts
name(s): drawing
place(s) of execution/production: paris
dimensions - artwork:
height: 7. 4cm
width: 12. 3cm
description:
assembly common to numbers d. 8021(261) to (263). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in black ink: "gare de vincennes. / place de la bastille. ". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, lower left, in black ink: "ll 1874. ". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, lower right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (262)". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (262)". Iconographic description:
urban landscape. View of vincennes station. Facade with arcades. Historical commentary:
the station was located between rue de lyon and rue de charenton, at place de la bastille. It was inaugurated on september 22, 1859 in the presence of napoleon iii and operated until 1969. The station then served as a place of artistic exhibition until its destruction in 1984, when the opéra bastille was built on its site. 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. Themes / subjects / places represented:
urban landscape
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(262). Date: En 1874.
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