English: A group of visitors is frozen in time at the steps of the Pantheon, a famous Neoclassical building in Paris. Barely visible horses, carriages, and sightseers give an awe-inspiring sense of scale to the scene. Louis-Alphonse Poitevin observed the enormous edifice – 72 feet high and 276 feet wide – from the roof of one of the buildings that faced it. Begun in 1757 as the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, the Pantheon is now a civic building housing the remains of some of France's most famous citizens.
Date
1842
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Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
1/2 plate Image: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.) Mat: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Object (whole): 27.9 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.)
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Author
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Short title
The Pantheon, Paris
Image title
The Pantheon, Paris; Alphonse-Louis Poitevin, French, 1819 - 1882; 1842; Daguerreotype; 1/2 plate, Image: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.), Mat: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.), Object (whole): 27.9 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.); 84.XT.265.12