Author(s):
hoffbauer, fédor (neuss, 13–10–1839 - paris, 28–10–1922), designer
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 18. 3cm
width: 29. 4cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
the town hall in 1842. Seine, river activity, wash boat, bank, boat, boatman, fisherman. Hotel enlarged: two wings flank the old hotel: office courtyard to the north and prefect's courtyard to the south. Building, business, café, sign: “military replacement”; "[. . . ] wholesale. Details", wooden fronts, awning, inscription: "[. . . ] gros[. . . ] // [. . . ] wine[. . . ]", tricolor flag at the corner of the building and sign. Scaffolding southern part of the town hall. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 1st delivery, texts by e. Fournier, lithograph by e. Ciceri, reed. Paris, 1982, p. 9-89. Cf. Card05824 (1878), card05823 (1867), from 1583: card07920, d. 8168 (tgc) and card07918 (in 1740). The "swing" of 1828 takes the name arcole, footbridge replaced in 1854. Hotel enlarged from 1837 to 1842-44, by godde and lesueur, rue des haudriettes, du martroi, tourniquet-saint-jean and saint-jean disappear. Place de grève took the name of the hôtel de ville in 1802 and rue lobau in 1838. Cf. Comments card05824, card07918. Other views by hoffbauer of 28. Vii. 1830 and of the fire of 24. V. 1871. Themes / subjects / places represented:
urban landscape
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 22–04–1894
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: d. 7919. Unknown date
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