Caption

St. Cloud Incendié. Hôtel de la Tête Noire, View of the Hôtel de la Tête Noire in Saint-Cloud after the fire by the Paris Commune, photograph, page, number: '(No. 55)', address: '31, Rue St. Lazare', photographer: Alphonse-Justin Liébert, Saint-Cloud, 1871 - 1872, paper, albumen print, height 98 mm x width 135 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, civic architecture, edifices, dwellings, Paris Commune (1871), A sepia-toned photograph centered on a wide scene of damaged multi-story buildings with exposed interiors and broken façades, rubble piled along the ground in front, collapsed roofs and crumbling walls, a cobblestone street in the foreground, scattered architectural debris and makeshift coverings among the ruins, remnants of storefronts and window openings, chimneys and partial upper walls silhouetted against a speckled sky, all mounted on a large pale mat with a blank margin surrounding the image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A77_326

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33.9Mb (6.0Mb) / 12.4in x 10.6in / 3711 x 3193 (300dpi)

Keywords

St Cloud Incendié Hôtel de la Tête Noire View Saint-Cloud fire Paris Commune photograph page number No 55 address 31 Rue St Lazare photographer Alphonse-Justin Liébert 1871 - 1872 paper albumen print height 98 mm x width 135 mm ruin building architecture civic architecture edifices dwellings 1871 sepia-toned photograph centered wide scene damaged multi-story buildings exposed interiors broken façades rubble piled ground front collapsed roofs crumbling walls cobblestone street foreground scattered architectural debris makeshift coverings ruins remnants storefronts window openings chimneys partial upper walls silhouetted speckled sky mounted large pale mat blank margin surrounding image