Charles Marville, Urinoir en ardoise à 3 stalles, Chaussée du Maine, ca. 1865

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Charles Marville, Urinoir en ardoise à 3 stalles, Chaussée du Maine, ca. 1865

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Cast iron and slate urinal with three stalls raised modesty screen, mounted with lamppost and lantern. Boy standing nearby beside lamppost, face blurred by movement. Avenue du Maine, Paris, France.Français : Urinoir (Vespasienne) en ardoise à trois stalles, avec un réverbère. Le garçon a le visage flouté car il bougeait au moment de la prise de vue. Avenue du Maine à Paris, France.

Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu; 13 March 1813 – 19 October 1879) - French photographer born in Paris was appointed as the official photographer of the city of Paris in the early 1860s. He was one of the first photographers to use albumen printing process, which produced highly detailed and tonally rich prints. He also experimented with salt prints, cyanotype, and platinum prints, 19th-century architecture, and urban landscapes.

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1865
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