Lot de 1727 dessins documentaires du Vieux Paris, exécutés entre 1845 et 1878, Paris Musées 20231022011039 (08 of 12), Léon Leymonnerye, between 1845 and 1878

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer production date: between 1845 and 1878 type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris description: the character of this series of 1727 documentary drawings demanded that it be recorded under a single number with a superscript corresponding to each piece. 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. In pc leymonnerie i, there is a 6-sheet manuscript entitled: "alphabetical catalog of sketches from nature taken in paris until 1876", listing in alphabetical order the parisian places drawn by the artist. At the bottom of pc leymonnerye ii, there are five watercolor drawings with annotations in graphite pencil, on the same mount, showing architectural elements. 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. Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: dutripon (mr) date of acquisition: 1950 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris contains. Date: between 1845 and 1878.