FRANCE - COMMUNE DE PARIS - LOUIS LAFON (act.1870-1890) - AL - Lot 328

FRANCE - COMMUNE DE PARIS - LOUIS LAFON (act.1870-1890) - ALBERT COLLARD 1835-1987 Album presenting views of Paris during the Commune, 1871. Photographs. Album comprising 22 albumen prints, including 1 with Lafon's stamp, some with captions in the negative. Carcass of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, destroyed Fort d'Ivry barracks; Tuileries: Galerie du Grand escalier, men in the ruins of the vestibule of the Pavillon de l'Horloge, Salle des Maréchaux and Salle du Trône, men and rubble in the chapel, Salons Bleu and Salons de Diane, vestibule; Hôtel de Ville de Paris after the fire: façade, grand staircase, salle des fêtes, porte Maillot, Point du Jour, place du château d'eau, magasins réunis (Villette), rotonde de la barrière du Combat. Images: 23 x 17 cm; album: 40 x 34 cm Lafon's photographic studio was located in Paris. He won a medal for the quality of his work at the Société Française de Photographie exhibition in 1874. Accustomed to capturing industrial views of dams, western railroads and factories, he also produced several series of views of World's Fair pavilions and cannons, such as the one shown here, as well as an album on the Ecole Polytechnique in 1885. Collard is the son of Hippolyte Collard. He took over his father's studio in 1867. This album includes rare views of the Commune by Lafon and Collard Fils, presented here in an exceptional state of preservation.