Caption

View of the fortress of Mont-Valérien in Suresnes, Le Fort du Mont Valérien avec la Ferme de la Fouilleuse, photograph, page, number: '(No. 72)', address: '31, Rue St. Lazare', photographer: Alphonse-Justin Liébert, Suresnes, 1871 - 1872, paper, albumen print, height 99 mm x width 132 mm, fortress, Paris Commune (1871), Mont Valérien, A sepia-toned photograph mounted on a wide beige matte shows a distant hilltop with a cluster of rectangular buildings and lower structures along its crest, a patchwork of fields and terraces spread across the slope and foreground, a few isolated trees and small groves dotting the midground, rows of small conical haystacks visible in one field, and a broad expanse of textured grassy land filling the lower portion of the image under a pale, lightly speckled sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_320

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.7Mb (5.3Mb) / 12.3in x 10.6in / 3698 x 3182 (300dpi)

Keywords

View fortress Mont-Valérien Suresnes Le Fort du Mont Valérien avec la Ferme de la Fouilleuse photograph page number No 72 address 31 Rue St Lazare photographer Alphonse-Justin Liébert 1871 - 1872 paper albumen print height 99 mm x width 132 mm Paris Commune 1871 Mont Valérien sepia-toned photograph mounted wide beige matte distant hilltop cluster rectangular buildings lower structures crest patchwork fields terraces spread across slope foreground isolated trees small groves dotting midground rows small conical haystacks visible field broad expanse textured grassy land filling lower portion image under pale lightly speckled sky