* admission is granted through application to the office of special collections. Title and date from lalanne's manuscript catalogue in the print collection, the new york public library. Etched views of paris under siege during the franco-prussian war, 1870-1871. Includes views of fortifications on montmartre and along the seine at auteuil and elsewhere, military camps, the interior of a post of the garde nationale, and war damage. Some prints include observation balloons, chimneys, tents and windmills. One print is dedicated to the print publisher, a. Cadart, commemorating his service during the siege. Some prints are present in more than one state. Etchings are numbered according to lalanne's manuscript catalogue in the print collection, the new york public library. Finding aids available. Forms part of samuel putnam avery collection. Gift of samuel putnam avery, 1900. L69 bears the collector's mark of maxime lalanne (lugt 1657)
some prints include signature and inscriptions in graphite by the artist. Date: 1870. Collection: Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
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