A group of visitors is frozen in time at the steps of the pantheon, a famous neoclassical building in paris. Barely visible horses, carriages, and sightseers give an awe-inspiring sense of scale to the scene. Louis-alphonse poitevin observed the enormous edifice – 72 feet high and 276 feet wide – from the roof of one of the buildings that faced it. Begun in 1757 as the church of sainte-geneviève, the pantheon is now a civic building housing the remains of some of france's most famous citizens. Date: 1842. Dimensions: 1/2 plate Image: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.) Mat: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Object (whole): 27.9 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.). Medium: daguerreotype. Collection: Getty Center.
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