Barrière du Trône, D.8021(192)(2), circa 1860

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer other title: barrière du trône, 12th arrondissement, paris (dummy title) production date: around 1860 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 6. 8cm width: 14. 4cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(192) to (194). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in gray ink: "barrière du trône". On the front, on the montage, at the bottom center, in pencil, in the extension of the title: "or de vincennes / exists in 1877". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, on the right, in gray ink: monograph "ll". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (192)". On the front, on the image, bottom right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (192)". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, at the top, in pencil: "topo. 152 e". On the front, on the montage, at the bottom, in pencil: "topo. 152 e / various fairly similar reproductions". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of the old throne barrier made up of two quadrangular pavilions, placed symmetrically around the two columns of ledoux whose bases serve as granting stations and whose summits accommodate the statues of philippe-auguste and saint louis. Each element is connected by the grid, the entrance of which, in the center, is open to the passage of several stagecoaches and several passers-by. 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 inventory number: d. 8021(192). Date: circa 1860.