Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel Pugin, Augustus 1762-1832 contributor Fenner Sears engraver Ferry, B. creator 1831 1 engraving Similar to its larger counterpart in the eighth arrondissement, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel was built between 1806 and 1808 in an attempt to commemorate Napoléon's army. Modeled after its Roman precedent, the Arch of Septimus Severus, the 45 foot tall Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel embellished the entrance to the Palais des Tuileries, and cost nearly 1,400,000 francs to build. Hillairet, Jacques. Dictionnaire Historique des Rues de Paris. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1961. Arc de triomphe du Carrousel (Paris, France) ArchitectureMonumentsArtPrints1830-1848 (The July Monarchy) Paris and its environs displayed in a series of two hundred picturesque views from original drawings Pugin, Augustus creator enk London Jennings and Chaplin 1831 p. 165 Paris capital of the 19th century 6 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris 1093027107245125 No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.still image