Caption

Palais des Tuileries - vue extérieurre, View of the destroyed Tuileries Palace in Paris, photograph, page, Tuileries Palace, 1871, photographer, Paris, paper, albumen print, height 101 mm x width 150 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, palace, A wide pale photograph of an ornate stone building with rows of arched windows and decorative roofline elements, including sculpted figures and ornamental pediments, a central section with a steeply pitched roof and scaffolding or exposed framework, and several tall chimneys and vertical architectural features along the roof. In front of the building a fenced courtyard contains a series of covered horse-drawn carriages lined up side by side, lamp posts, and two large sculpted statues mounted on tall pedestals near the entrance. The foreground shows a broad open paved area with faint shadows and some indistinct figures and blurs suggesting movement.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B06_221

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Available size

40.1Mb (6.8Mb) / 14.7in x 10.6in / 4424 x 3168 (300dpi)

Keywords

Palais des Tuileries - vue extérieurre View destroyed Tuileries Palace Paris photograph page Tuileries Palace 1871 photographer paper albumen print height 101 mm x width 150 mm ruin dwelling house castle palace wide pale photograph ornate stone building rows arched windows decorative roofline elements sculpted figures ornamental pediments central section steeply pitched roof scaffolding exposed framework several tall chimneys vertical architectural features front building fenced courtyard contains series covered horse-drawn carriages lined up side side lamp posts two large sculpted statues mounted tall pedestals near entrance foreground broad open paved area faint shadows indistinct figures blurs suggesting movement