Rue de la Ferronnerie
Charles Marville · c. 1865 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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In 1865, the ground floor spaces on the Rue de la Ferronnerie or “street of ironwork” (named in 1229) were occupied by businesses including a café, a hotel, and a men’s clothing store. Apartments on the upper floors housed some of the many people who moved from the country into the city during the Second Empire. Charles Marville preferred photographing on overcast, rainy days when diffused light and glistening cobblestones yielded an image with the maximum tonal range and detail.
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- Maker
- Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879)
- Date
- c. 1865
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 28 x 27 cm (11 x 10 5/8 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
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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