Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) Cloister Of Montmajour, Fontvieille C.1864

Period albumen print of the Cloître de Montmajour in Fontvieille 1864 print signed on cardboard Baldus' photographic work is devoted to architecture and landscape and marked by official commissions which made him one of Napoleon's favorite photographers III (1813-1889). He is the official witness of his time through his numerous photographic works on the restoration of monuments or railway works. It documents, among other things, the reconstruction of the Louvre and the opening of the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway line. Alongside Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887), Henri Le Secq (1818-1882), Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) and O. Mestral (1812-1884), he participated in the Heliographic Mission of 1851 sponsored by the Commission of Historical Monuments to draw up an inventory of the most remarkable buildings requiring restoration in various regions of France. - Under mat 40x50cm - Photo format 13 x 18 cm 
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