Adolphe Terris
Ville de Marseille, Album photographique d’anciennes rues démolies en 1862, pour l’ouverture de la rue Impériale

ArtistFrench, 1820–1900
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Ville de Marseille, Album photographique d’anciennes rues démolies en 1862, pour l’ouverture de la rue Impériale
  • City of Marseille, Photographic Album of Old Streets Demolished for the Opening of the Rue Impériale
Date1862
MediumBook of albumen silver prints from glass negatives
DimensionsImage (Each average): 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.6 × 18.8 cm)
Sheet (Each average): 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.6 × 18.8 cm)
Mount (Each): 18 1/8 × 13 9/16 in. (46 × 34.5 cm)
Overall (Album): 18 1/2 × 14 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (47 × 36.5 × 2.8 cm)
Other (Folded etching sheet): 19 3/16 × 25 3/16 in. (48.8 × 64 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2022.700.1-.26
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé

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Department
Photography
Description

In addition to large-format photographs documenting the massive construction project that created Marseille’s Rue Impériale. Adolphe Terris was commissioned by the city to preserve the memory and the appearance of the districts of Old Marseille that were destined to disappear forever. Along with the narrow streets and time-worn buildings that would fall to the wrecking ball, Terris’s photographs were often populated with the residents whose lives would be equally disrupted. As in Paris, modern improvements in circulation and sanitation came, for many, at the expense of history and customary patterns of daily life.


Provenance[Paul Benaroche]; [Photo Vintage France, Arnaville, France]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed headings and legends on each mount; see photographic documentation.

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Album photographique des grands travaux de Marseille
Adolphe Terris
1864
Album of albumen silver prints from glass negatives
2022.699.1-.14
Rue Foie de Bœuf, vue prise de l’extrémité de la rue des Soleillets
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.1
Rue de Lorette, vue prise du côté de la rue des Carmelins
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.6
Rue de Lorette, vue prise du côté de la rue des Isnards
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.5
Rue des Sept Maisons, vue prise de l’angle de la rue Belle Marinière
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.12
Rue Foie de Bœuf, vue prise du haut de la rue Cave de l’Oratoire
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.11
Rue Fontaine de la Samaritaine, vue prise de la rue de la Couronne
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.10
Rue des Festons Rouges, vue prise de la rue des Soleillets
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.2
Rue des Isnards, vue prise du côté de la rue de la Rosière
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.26
Rue des Trompeurs, vue prise de la rue Fonderie Neuve
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.7
Rue Caves de l’Oratoire, vue prise de la rue Ste Marthe
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.9
Rue des Gavottes, vue prise du côté de la rue Fonderie Neuve
Adolphe Terris
1862, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2022.700.23