Caption

View of the arrival of President Félix Faure at Bergerac station, Départ de la gare, photograph, page, Bergerac, 1895-06-04, photographer, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 118 mm x width 167 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, street, triumphal entry and public reception, pageant, 'entrée solennelle', 'joyeuse entrée', A wide street scene showing a large crowd gathered along both sides of a tree-lined avenue with tall leafy trees in the background, a small pale building with a balcony and window boxes at the center right, and several vertical banners on poles rising above the crowd; numerous horse-mounted riders in dark uniforms and plumed hats form a procession through the street, with many people standing and sitting on balconies and at street level watching, some wearing hats; to the left a stone building with a balustrade is partially visible and to the right a thatched or earth-covered embankment and another building edge can be seen, all rendered in a sepia-toned photograph.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_062

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36.0Mb (5.6Mb) / 13.4in x 10.5in / 4010 x 3141 (300dpi)

Keywords

View arrival President Félix Faure Bergerac station Départ de la gare photograph page Bergerac 1895-06-04 photographer paper daylight gelatin silver print height 118 mm x width 167 mm riding horse ass mule rider horseman street triumphal entry public reception pageant entrée solennelle joyeuse entrée wide scene showing large crowd gathered sides tree-lined avenue tall leafy trees background small pale building balcony window boxes center right several vertical banners poles rising crowd numerous horse-mounted riders dark uniforms plumed hats form procession people standing sitting balconies street level watching wearing hats left stone building balustrade partially visible right thatched earth-covered embankment another building edge rendered sepia-toned photograph