Paris Fire (The Facade of City Hall), from the series "Paris Incendié"

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Charles Soulier / French, 1840–1875
Date: May 1871
Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.9 cm (7 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.); First mount: 27.2 × 30.5 cm (10 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Second mount: 33.5 × 36.8 cm (13 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: albumen silver print
Style: 19th century
Place: France
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Frances Hamill
Accession no.: 1965.219

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