Caption
Tower on Notre-Dame of Amiens, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Cathédrale d'Amiens, Flèche oue de la tour de Nord', cliché maker: Paul Dujardin, c. 1888 - in or before 1893, Paul Dujardin, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 210 mm x width 170 mm, parts of church exterior and annexes: tower, Amiens, Notre-Dame d'Amiens, A sepia-toned photograph showing the top portion of a Gothic cathedral with a tall ornate spire rising from the roof, the spire topped by a decorative cross and featuring intricate tracery and sculptural details; the steep sloping roof planes of the cathedral flank the spire, with visible ridge lines, gutters, and rows of pinnacles along the roof edges; the image includes a distant hazy cityscape on the horizon below the roofline and a cloudy sky filling the upper portion of the frame; the overall image appears aged with subtle stains and toning around the paper margins.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A78_176
License type
Rights managed
Available size
52.8Mb (7.5Mb) / 12.6in x 16.3in / 3781 x 4880 (300dpi)