Gare de l'Ouest R.G. D.8021(264)(3), En 1874

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer other title: the first montparnasse station, former gare de l'ouest, 15th 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. 1cm width: 8cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(264) to (266). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in black ink: "gare de l'ouest r. G. ". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, bottom left, in pencil: "ll 1874". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, lower right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (264)". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (264)". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of the west station. Facade. Arcades. Historical commentary: the first montparnasse station, then called "gare de l'ouest", was built in 1840 on the edge of boulevard montparnasse, facing rue de rennes, on the site of the current montparnasse tower. Quickly too cramped to cope with the development of traffic, the gare de l'ouest was replaced, on the same location, by a new station built in 1852 by the architect victor lenoir and the engineer eugène flachat. 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(264). Date: En 1874.