Object number1986.42.93

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Datec. 1890-1900

Artist Benneville Lloyd Singley (American, 1864-1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumAlbumen print mounted on card

DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 x 6 in. (7.9 x 15.2 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Winston and Jeffrey Adler Collection of 19th Century Photography

On View

Not on view

Period19th c / 20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn mount, printed left [vertically]: Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers.; printed lower right edge below image: 1622 - The Arch of Triumph, Paris, France.; printed right [vertically]: Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. / Copyright 1896 , by B. L. Lingley; on verso, printed center: This majestic structure stands in the center of the Place de / l'Etoile and rises to a height of 152 feet and has a breadth of 137 / feet. It is the largest triumphal arch in existence. It was / built by Napoleon to commemorate the victories of the French / army in 1836. Cost $2,000,000.; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: VCAG 86.42.93

BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 3 ProvenanceWinston and Jeffrey Adler Collection

Vassar Exhibitions

On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print

Art, Science, & Technology at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center: Optics

Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionTwo sepia colored images of a triumphal arch with scaffolding visible at center, a man in the foreground, and a tree visible to the left.

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