Charles Marville

Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1871

  

Impasse de la Bouteille from the rue Montorgeuil (Second Arrondissement), 1865

  

Interior of Les Halles Centrales, 1874

  

La Bièvre, ca. 1865

  

Lamppost, Entrance to the École des Beaux-Arts, ca. 1870

Charles Marville

More photos of 19th century Paris.

Marché aux chevaux (Horse Market) (Fifth Arrondissement), ca. 1867

  

Passage Saint-Benoît (Sixth Arrondissement), 1864-67

  

 Rue de Constantine, Paris, ca. 1865

  

Rue du Jardinet, ca. 1853–70

  

Rue Estienne, de la rue Boucher, 1862–65

Charles Marville

Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu) was a French photographer, who mainly photographed architecture, landscapes and the urban environment. He used both paper and glass negatives. He is most well known for taking pictures of ancient Parisian quarters before they were destroyed and rebuilt under "Haussmannization", Baron Haussmann's new plan for modernization of Paris. In 1862, he was named official photographer of Paris. Marville's photos have in recent years been on display in numerous prominent galleries, including the National Art Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 Self-portrait, 1861

  

 Avenue du Commandeur (de la rue d’Alésia) (Fourteenth Arrondissement)

  

 Banks of the Bièvre River at the Bottom of the 

rue des Gobelins (Fifth Arrondissement), ca. 1862

  

 Cathédrale de Moulins (Allier) en travaux, 1860

   

Cour Saint-Guillaume (Ninth Arrondissement), 1866-67