• Unknown (photographer)
• Henri Barthélémy (architect)

Photograph of an interior perspective of the Théatre de la Seine, Paris, France

after 1850

• dessin de présentation

Albumen silver print

comp.: 21.1 x 14.9 cm secondary support: 42.0 x 30.5 cm

PH1981:0629

• mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
• freehand drawing

• perspective drawing

• interior view

numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, u.l.: "No 5. / Vue intérieure perspective, / [Dng. ?] [with title] / De Henri Barthélemy [sic]"; l.c.: "nota. cette salle a éte [sic] construite a Paris rue du chateau [sic] d'eau, par l'auteur Henri Barthélemy [sic]. / en 1850." labelled and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.r.: "ME. 7 / 2 (15)" [sideways; within blue borders] inscribed and signed - by the architect, in the image, l.r.: "HB."

Paris France

• architecture

• people
• dome
• theatre
• set (architectural element)
• stage
• galleries (upper level spaces)