The Tour St-Jacques
1859 · Albumen print
Dimensions (39.7 x 50 cm)
Towering over the buildings around it, this Parisian landmark had been recently restored and surrounded by newly planted trees just before Gustave Le Gray photographed it. The tower is all that remains of a church built in the 1500s and demolished in 1797. During the reign of Napoléon III, many Paris buildings were torn down to make way for wider streets or new structures. The Gothic Tour Saint-Jacques was spared this fate thanks to massive public protests
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About this artwork
The Tour St-Jacques (1859) by Gustave Le Gray, albumen print.
About Gustave Le Gray
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (30 August, 1820 – 30 July, 1884) has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations, his instruction of other noted photographers, and "the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making." He was an important…
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