#  Charles Marville (1813-1879) 

 



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[Charles Marville, "Vue Du Pont de la Réforme ou Port Louis-Philippe," salted paper print, 1853, Houghton Library, Harvard University](https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=HVD_VIA8001252510&context=L&vid=HVD_IMAGES&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US)Charles Marville worked initially as an illustrator of books and magazines and took up photography in the 1850s. He worked for the firm of Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, which specialized in publishing architectural, topographical, and archeological albums. Marville later served as a photographer for the city of Paris. He documented the old quarters and public structures before their demolition and the subsequent urban renewal plan by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann under Napoleon III. Marville’s photograph, Vue du Pont de la Réforme, ou Pont Louis-Philippe, came from the album, Paris photographique. The developed out salt print exhibits remarkable detail and clarity as well as neutral black-and-white tones that beautifully capture the Paris winter scene.