Attr. to FRÉDÉRIC MARTENS (1806-1885) Pont-Neuf with bastions, reversed view fro...

Attr. to FRÉDÉRIC MARTENS (1806-1885) Pont-Neuf with bastions, reversed view from Lerebours’ window, c. 1852 Heliografic engraving from a glass negative, oval shape, 167x208 mm. Probably the most central window of early French photography, was facing the Pont-Neuf (near the Samaritaine), from the busy studio of Noel Paymal-Lerebours (1807-1873), publisher of the Excursions daguerriennes. In 1842, Hippolyte Fizeau engraved a daguerrian plate of a similar view. Provenance: collection Jean-Pierre Faur.