Research Catalog

Title

L'ancien Paris [graphic] / A. Martial.

Author

Martial, A. P., 1828-1883.

Publication

1861-1863.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

11 prints : etching; 20.7 x 36.4 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Etched views of streets with old houses and other buildings in Paris, many of them already destroyed by the time Martial made his prints in the early 1860s. Includes views of houses inhabited by Napoleon I and Honor'e de Balzac early in their careers. Some prints include kiosks or the Seine River.

Subject

• Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 > Homes and haunts
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Homes & haunts
• Houses > France > Paris
• Kiosks > France > Paris
• Streets > France > Paris
• Paris (France)
• Seine River (France)

Genre/Form

• Cityscape prints – France – 19th century.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• A.P. Martial is the pseudonym of Adolphe-Martial Potément.
• Title from Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 9.
• Some prints signed in pencil by the artist.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 11.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

• B1.55 Quai de l'école et de la mégisserie -- B1.81 Rue des prêcheurs -- B1.106 Le boulevard du temple -- B1.138 Rue de Tixanderie -- B1.175 Rue St. Paul, partie d'une maison du temps de Francois Ier -- B1.176 Célestins cour de cuisine -- B1.229 Quai Conti No. 5 maison habité par Napoleon Bonaparte en 1785.
• B1.240 Rue des grès couvent des Jacobins -- B1.272 Tour Bichat -- B1.273 Porte du Cloitre des Bernardins -- B1.282 Rue Cassini No. 1 maison habitée par H. de Balzac de 1830 à 1840.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG97-F492

Author

Martial, A. P., 1828-1883.

Title

L'ancien Paris [graphic] / A. Martial.

Imprint

1861-1863.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 11.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC