"The Marly Machine (by Dufrayer), Bougival. Raoul Edmond Marie (1850-?)"
The Napoleon III building of the Marly machine (Dufrayer machine) built in 1859 to bring water to the Château de Versailles, which replaced the old machines built since the 17th century. WIKIPEDIA: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_de_Marly Raoul Edmond MARIE (1850-?) Raoul (Edmond) Marie, referenced in the Salons of the time Marie-Edmond Raoul. He exhibited in 1906 at the Salon des Indépendants at the Grandes Serres de la Ville de Paris 5 paintings including two landscapes of Bougival. Oil on canvas 38x46 cm Good used condition, dirt. Original period frame 47x55 cm Shipping France and international