Eglise Saint-Eustache, mausolée de Colbert, 1er arrondissement, Paris. PH20655, between 1890 and 1922

Author(s): lansiaux, charles joseph antoine (aniche, 09–03–1855 - paris, after 06–04–1939), photographer production date: between 1890 and 1922 type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts name(s): photography dimensions - artwork: height: 22. 5cm width: 17. 2cm description: print mounted in 33 x 24 cm, placed on an old mount using a system of notches. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription - on the back of the image in the center, handwritten in pencil: "this test is / not a supplement (?) i only / touched one [. . . ]" (inscription almost erased) \ inscription in pencil inscription - on the back of the image at the top right, handwritten in red ink: "2868" \ inscription in ink inscription - on the back of the image, bottom left, handwritten in blue pencil: "8" (underlined) \ pencil inscription iconographic description: saint-eustache church, colbert mausoleum, 1st arrondissement. Interior view, saint-louis-de-gonzague chapel. Monument in marble of different colors, in the center aedicle with two pilasters surmounted by lion heads, an inscription indicates: "jean baptiste colbert / minister of state dead in 1683", statue of colbert kneeling, in profile, praying; on either side of the building two female statues, figures of fidelity and abundance. Historical commentary: the inscriptions affixed to the back of the prints correspond to a system of marks and classification of the historical commission of old paris: the number written in red in pencil or ink is that of the negative. The figure written in grease pencil provides information on the existence of a slide, projection view (kept at the old paris commission). The number in blue identifies the subject photographed which is part of a photographic campaign carried out at a given location. The photographs from this campaign are gathered in a file which bears the name of the place (street or topographical area). [information from the historical commission of old paris]. Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: historical monuments commission institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: ph20655. Date: between 1890 and 1922.