Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees
Jean-Jacques Heilmann · c. 1855 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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The town of Pau, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, was a popular vacation spot for British tourists and one of several centers for photography in France in the 1850s. Jean-Jacques Heilmann, who lived in Pau, photographed the road that ran through the mountains to the village of Eaux-Chaudes with its popular hot springs. The road had just been built in 1849. It greatly eased access to Eaux-Chaudes and offered dramatic views. The town of Eaux-Chaudes, a tourist destination since the late 1500s, had hot springs reputed to have healing waters.
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- Maker
- Jean-Jacques Heilmann (French, 1822–1859)
- Date
- c. 1855
- Medium
- salted paper print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.8 x 19.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0