Vue de la Bibliothèque Impériale depuis la rue de Richelieu, 2ème arrondissement, Paris. D.8021(101)(2), En 1866

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer other title: arcade colbert rue de richelieu (inscribed title (letter)) production date: in 1866 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 11. 3cm width: 6. 6cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(101) to (104). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the mount, at the bottom center, in brown ink: "arcade colbert / rue de richelieu / (demolished in 1868)"; “imperial library”. Signature and date - on the front, on the image, bottom right, in black ink: "ll 1866". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, lower right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (101)". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (101)". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of the imperial library (current national library of france) from rue de richelieu. A guard on duty in front of the colbert arcade. Posters on the walls. 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. 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(101). Date: En 1866.