Author(s):
gossin, eugène (between 1918 and 1919), photographer
other title: "monumental grid of the former foundling hospital of faub. St antoine. View taken in 1904" (title registered (letter))
production date: in 1904
type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts
name(s): photography
materials and techniques: charcoal firing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 16. 2cm
width: 22. 4cm
dimensions - old assembly:
height: 35. 9cm
width: 46. 1cm
description:
print laminated on white cardboard, protected by a transparent sleeve. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the address - on the front of the montage, in the center at the bottom in black ink, handwritten inscription "monumental gate of the old foundling hospital of faub. St antoine. View taken in 1904", at the bottom of the montage, black stamp "e. Gossin i / 12, rue godot-de-mauroi - paris" and red stamp "commission / municipale / du / vieux paris"
iconographic description:
grille of the former foundling hospital, rue du faubourg-saint-antoine in paris on the site of the current trousseau square between numbers 106 and 118. View taken in 1904. 2nd arrondissement, paris. Merchants, woman, morris column. Historical commentary:
in the minutes of the old paris commission of 10 12 1903, p. 308: with a view to publishing as an appendix the report written by lucien lambeau on the foundling hospital of the faubourg saint-antoine, which later became the trousseau hospital, it was decided "to have, for the boxes of the carnavalet museum, a photograph of the house bearing number 122 of the rue du faubourg. Saint-antoine, built by the hospital in the 18th century [the commission] also decides to annex to the minutes an extract from turgot's plan showing the foundling hospital, the monumental gate opening onto the faubourg saint-antoine and the perspective of the chapel. " photograph published in the minutes of the old paris commission. Name of donor, testator, seller: commission du vieux paris
date of acquisition: 1904
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: ph43076. Date: En 1904.
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