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L' Arcade Saint-Jean

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Year:: 1875
Contributor:: Hoffbauer, 1839-1922 (creator)
Genre:: lithographs
Subject:: Arcade Saint-Jean (Paris, France); Arcades > France > Paris; Architecture > Dwellings; City Planning > Construction; Public Works > Streets; Social Life > Classes; 1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:: 3-SIZE DC707.H691x 1875 v.1
Extent:: 1 lithograph; 20.1 x 11.2 cm.

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Abstract:: The Arcade Saint-Jean is seen here from the opposite end of a very narrow street typical of early nineteenth-century Paris. With the construction of so many new buildings around it, the archway became so crowded in on both sides that only its roof and spires were visible from a distance by 1830.

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Rights: No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use: Collection is open for research.

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Hoffbauer, "L' Arcade Saint-Jean" (1875). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86693/

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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century

The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.

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