Author(s):
emonts or emonds, pierre (aix-la-chapelle, 29–03–1831 - after 1912), photographer
other title: maison de st lazare - gallery of cells with 1 bed (called menagerie) (title registered (letter))
production date: in 1888
type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts
name(s): photography
materials and techniques: print on albumen paper
dimensions - artwork:
height: 31cm
width: 24. 5cm
dimensions - original assembly:
height: 50. 5cm
width: 32. 6cm
description:
the museum has two identical lots of thirty-one images by p. Emonds, on the house of saint-lazare (carph014547/1 to carph014577/2). This photo is part of one of two lots. Print laminated on old mounting, all mounted in 60 x 50 cm. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the cardboard at the bottom left, vertically, handwritten in black ink: "maison de st lazare - galerie de cellules à 1 lit (called menagerie) nº952. B. 69 - june 1888. ". \ inscription in ink
dry stamp - on the front, on the cardboard at the bottom center, dry stamp: "photography / p. Emonds / r. Du four st germain, 9 / paris". Iconographic description:
saint-lazare prison, rue du faubourg saint-denis (10th arrondissement). Gallery of single-bed cells (called menagerie). Corridor of cells, right cells and left windows. In the foreground a nun in profile in front of one of the cells. (double of photo carph014560/2). Historical commentary:
the author, with the two identical batches of images concerning the house of saint-lazare (carph014547/1 to carph014577/2), gave a list which indicates the titles, dates and numbers assigned to the photos. Mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 1888
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: ph14560-1. Date: En 1888.
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