Caption
View of the Eiffel Tower, album cover, photograph, This photo is part of an album., retailer's mark: 'E. Hautecoeur, Estampes Photographies, 35 Avenue de l'Opéra, 35, Paris', inscription: '468A - Paris. La Tour Eiffel prize de Trocadéro. Ed. H. édit', photographer: Edouard Hautecoer (possibly), Paris, 1890 - 1898, paper, albumen print, height 258 mm x width 355 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta' (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), Eiffel tower, A tall iron lattice tower dominates the center of the image, rising from a wide base with four arched legs and tapering to a narrow pinnacle with an observation platform near the top; beneath the tower a broad formal garden with walkways and rectangular lawns stretches toward a bridge that crosses a river in the foreground where several boats are moored and one is underway; flanking the tower on both sides are large exhibition halls with domed roofs and arched colonnades, and rows of trees and avenues line the avenues and spaces around the buildings; small figures of people and carriages appear on the bridge and pathways, and dense city buildings extend across the background horizon under a pale sky with faint clouds.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B10_135
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Available size
35.0Mb (5.1Mb) / 10.3in x 13.2in / 3103 x 3947 (300dpi)