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PARIS. - The Place de la Concorde and the Avenue of the Champs-Élysées, View of Place de la Concorde with the Luxor obelisk and the Avenue of the Champs-Élysées in the distance in Paris, photograph, Part of a travel album with photographs of sights in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Bavaria, Milan, and Paris., number: '1098', photographer: X phot., Paris, c. 1870 - c. 1890, paper, albumen print, height 211 mm x width 275 mm, monument, statue, square, circus, obelisk, needle, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Elysées, A wide open square with a tall slender obelisk rising from a fenced base at its center, flanked by ornate lamp posts and sculpted pedestals, a distant arch visible along the central sightline beyond the obelisk, rows of trees forming a dark band behind the monument, horse-drawn carriages and horses moving along the roadway surrounding the obelisk, several pedestrians scattered across the open paved foreground including a woman with a small child and a few men walking, lamp posts lining the perimeter, decorative statues on plinths near the obelisk, and a pale sky filling the upper part of the image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A80_337

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Keywords

Paris - Place de la Concorde Avenue Champs-Élysées View Luxor obelisk distance photograph Part travel album photographs sights Sweden Norway Denmark Bavaria Milan number 1098 photographer X phot c 1870 - c 1890 paper albumen print height 211 mm x width 275 mm monument statue square circus obelisk needle Champs-Elysées wide open square tall slender obelisk rising fenced base center flanked ornate lamp posts sculpted pedestals distant arch visible central sightline beyond rows trees forming dark band horse-drawn carriages horses moving roadway surrounding several pedestrians scattered across open paved foreground woman small child men walking lamp posts lining perimeter decorative statues plinths near pale sky filling upper part image