Edouard Baldus (1818-1889) Stereoscopic View - La Maison Carrée De Nîmes - Circa 1853

Magnificent and rare view of the Maison Carrée in Nîmes by Edouard Baldus. Very nice chemistry, “E.BALDUS” stamp on the back. Stereoscopic photo, vintage albumen print. Baldus' photographic work is devoted to architecture and landscape and marked by official commissions which made him one of the favorite photographers of Napoleon III (1808-1889). 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. It was in this context that he went to Arles where he produced numerous but rare images that are now famous, including the ancient theater and the Saint Trophime cloister in Arles or the mausoleum of Saint Rémy and the Maison Carrée in Nîmes. . https://www.lavalisearlesienne.com/product-page/edouard-baldus-vue-st%C3%A9r%C3%A9oscopic-la-maison-carr%C3%A9e-de-n %C3%AEmes-circa-1853