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Élévation, et vue à vol d'oiseau du palais de l'Exposition universelle, aux Champs-Elysées

Description:
The Palais de l'industrie was built by the architects Jean-Marie-Victor Viel and Alexandre Barrault, for the Great exhibit of 1855. It was much criticized at …
Year:
1854
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Palais de l'industrie (Paris, France)
Exposition universelle de Paris en 1855
Architecture > France > Paris
Architecture > Monuments
Art > Prints
Social Life > Entertainment
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Local ID:
1-SIZE AP Il63 24
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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Épisode du voyage à Cherbourg: partant pour la Scierie, sur un air de la reine Hortense

Description:
Napoleon goes to inspect the naval workshops at the Scierie.
Year:
1848
Contributor:
Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887 (lithographer)
Subject:
Shipyards
Cherbourg (France)
Art > Prints
Government and Politics > Political & governmental figures
Art > Caricatures and Satires
1848-1852 (The Second Republic)
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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L' Étalagiste des ponts (1818), d'après une lithographie de Marlet

Description:
This satirical cartoon shows an "Étalagiste des ponts," or "bridge decorator," choosing what street artists may sell their work on his bridge. The construction of …
Year:
1875
Contributor:
Hoffbauer, 1839-1922 (creator)
Marlet, Jean-Henri, 1770-1847 (contributor)
Genre:
lithographs
Subject:
Architecture > Bridges & waterways
Art > Prints
Public Works > Streets
Social Life > Classes
Social Life > Entertainment
Art > Caricatures and Satires
1815-1830 (The Restoration)
Local ID:
3-SIZE DC707.H691x 1875 v.1
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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État actuel (Octobre 1888) des travaux de l'Exposition Universelle

Description:
Construction workers on the site of the World Fair a year before it opened. On the foreground, left of the Eiffel Tower, is the Palais …
Year:
1889
Contributor:
Destez, Paul, 1876- (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
Construction workers
Architecture > Monuments
City Planning > Construction
City Planning > Maps & plans
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
2-SIZE T803.B1 E96x 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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État actuel de la place du Carrousel;: vue générale des travaux pour l'achèvement du Louvre

Description:
A project to connect the Louvre and its neighboring Palais des Tuileries had been envisioned for many years. This engraving is modeled after a photograph …
Contributor:
Marc (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Place du Carrousel (Paris, France)
Louvre (Paris, France)
Architecture > Monuments
Art > Prints
City Planning > Demolition
1848-1852 (The Second Republic)
Local ID:
1-SIZE AP Il63 20
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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État actuel des travaux de l'Opéra

Description:
Per Napoléon III's order, construction for a new Opéra began in 1862. This image shows the monument's state as of September, 1862. The years to …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Provost (artist)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Opéra de Paris > History
Architecture > Theaters
Art > Prints
City Planning > Construction
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Local ID:
1-SIZE AP Il63 40
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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État des travaux au Champ de Mars: Vue prise du Palais du Trocadéro, d'après la photographie de M.H.C. Godefroy

Description:
View of the construction site of the 1889 World Fair. The fountains of the Trocadéro appear in the foreground, while the Eiffel Tower stands in …
Year:
1889
Contributor:
Bellenger, A. (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture > Monuments
City Planning > Construction
Public Works > Streets
Social Life > Entertainment
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
2-SIZE T803.B1 E96x 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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État des travaux au mois de Février 1867: 1. Palais tunisien. 2. Cercle international. 3. phare. 4. Société biblique. 5. Pavillon de la photosculpture. 6. Palais de l'exposition. 7. Panorama de l'isthme de Suez. 8. Emplacement du kiosque chinois. 9. Emplacement de l'exposition du Japon. 10. Section du Maroc.

Description:
Construction site of the 1867 Paris World fair, one month prior to the opening. The palais du Champ-de-Mars is the circular building standing on the …
Year:
1868
Contributor:
Maurand (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
Architecture > Monuments
City Planning > Construction
Social Life > Entertainment
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Local ID:
3-SIZE T801.C1 G73x 1868
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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Les étrangers appelés à la Préfecture de police.

Description:
This print illustrates an article about a new legislation: in 1850, the government passed a law requiring that foreigners obtain a residence permit, if they …
Year:
1851
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Immigrants > France > Paris
Emigration and immigration law > France > Paris
Social Life > Classes
1848-1852 (The Second Republic)
Local ID:
1-SIZE AP Il63 18
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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Les étrangers à Paris: Caricatures par Cham

Description:
This series of caricatures about foreigners in Paris depicts British, American and Siamese tourists. The British are represented as stingy and mean. The insistence, in …
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Cham, 1818-1879 (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Visitors > France > Paris > Caricatures and cartoons
Social Life > Classes
Art > Caricatures and Satires
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Local ID:
1-SIZE AP Il63 38
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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Étrennes aux troupiers

Description:
Three soldiers standing in front of two boxes that read "New Uniforms for the Army" and "New Projective Arms". A woman, wearing the number 1862, …
Year:
1861
Contributor:
Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887 (lithographer)
Subject:
Military uniforms > History
Social Life > Gender studies
Art > Caricatures and Satires
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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Être attendu en bonne fortune et passer la nuit au violon

Description:
Soldiers grab a man and take him away.
Year:
1830
Subject:
Arrest (Police methods)
France. Armée. Garde nationale
Art > Prints
Art > Caricatures and Satires
1830-1848 (The July Monarchy)
Collection:
Brown University Library
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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