Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) Les Arènes d'Arles Albumen Print Signed C.1867

Period albumen print of the Arles arenas (amphitheater) Signed print on cardboard Under mount 40 x 50cm Baldus' photographic work is devoted to architecture and landscape and marked by the official commissions which make him the one of the favorite photographers of Napoleon III (1808-1873). 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. https://www.lavalisearlesienne.com/product-page/edouard-baldus-l-amphit%C3%A9%C3%A2tre-d-arles-tirage-albumin%C3%A9-sign %C3%A9-c-1867