The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1606

Sculpture from the base of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris

Object details

Image size: h 15.8cm x w 11.6cm

Paper size: h 19.4cm x w 15.7cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (LA845; 01055)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 2(443)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1606

Sculpture from the base of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris

Location: Paris

The sculpture is known as, Le Triomphe de 1810.  It is by the French Neoclassical sculptor, Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787 - 1843) and celebrates the Treaty of Schönbrunn.  It features Napoléon Bonaparte, crowned by the goddess of Victory.