Fichot, Michel Charles (sold)
Michel-Charles Fichot (June 6, 1817 - July 7, 1903) was a French artist, illustrator, painter, architect, and lithographer. Born in Troyes, he studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Fichot is responsible for hundreds of decorative prints, most city views and architectural views, and exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1841 and 1897.
Illustrates Notre Dame, the Louvre, and the Madeleine, among many other Parisian landmarks.
Vue Générale de Paris. Prise du Rond-Point.
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 20.33 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is a c. 1855 Michel Charles Fichot bird's eye view of Paris, France. Illustrated from above the Jardin des Champs-Elysées, the view depicts Paris from the east. The Jardin des Champs-Elysées is illustrated in the foreground with the Cirque d'Été to the left of center and the Palace of Industry from the 1855 Paris Universal Exposition, the Rotonde des Panoramas aux Champs-Elysées, and the Annex for the Palace of Industry on the right. Further on, the viewer encounters the Place de la Concorde, the Jardin des Tuileries, the Palais des Tuileries and the Palais du Louvre. Other Paris landmarks illustrated in the view include the Palais Bourbon, the Église de la Madeleine, the Panthéon de Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Hôtel de Ville, and the Luxembourg Palace. (more details)
Paris after the Haussmann Renovations at the height of the Second Empire.
Paris Vue Générale Prise au Dessus de L'Entrée du Jardin ds Tuileries Le Nouveau Louvre, La Rue de Rivoli et Les boulevards.
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 120.04 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
An utterly captivating 1867 large-format lithograph view of Paris by Michel-Charles Fichot and Rose-Joseph Lemercier. The view looks southwest on Paris from hypothetical position above the Bassin Octagonal in the Jardin des Tuileries. The Louvre appears front and center, with the Rue de Rivoli on its left and the Seine on tis right. Notre Dame and the Ile de Cité, the Hôtel de Ville, Tour St. Jacques, and other monuments are apparent. (more details)