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Rooftops of Paris
Rooftops of Paris

Rooftops of Paris

Louis Armand Hippolyte Fizeau (French, 1819–1896)
1840–45
Medium/TechniqueDaguerrean impression proof Print, photomechanical - Fizeau Process
DimensionsImage: 6.9 x 9.5 cm (2 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 12 x 16.7 cm (4 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 14 x 18.1 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles W. Millard III
Accession number2010.1156
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
ProvenanceUntil 1997, with the family of Adrien de Jussieu; December 12, 1997 descendents of Adrien de Jussieu (Bibliothèque de MM. de Jussieu, Daguerreotypes de Fizeau), Etude Le Mouel, Paris to anonymous bidder; 1997 sold by anonymous bidder to Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., Fine Photographs, New York; April 15, 1999 sold by Hans Kraus to Charles Warren Millard III (b. 1932 - d. 2017), Los Angeles, Washington, D. C., and Chapel Hill, NC; 2010, year-end gift of Charles W. Millard to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)