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France: Paris: plans and drawings of the Palais du Louvre. (1) 'Plan Général du Vieux...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/4508

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FO 925/4508
Date
[?1853]-[?1870]
Description

France: Paris: plans and drawings of the Palais du Louvre. (1) 'Plan Général du Vieux Louvre ... Rez de Chaussée'; (2) 'Plan Général du Vieux Louvre ... Rez de Chaussée', with 'Réunion du Louvre aux Tuileries (travaux en cours d'exécution)'; (3-11) first floor plans; (12) sections of the 'Salle (dite) des Sept Cheminées', the 'Salon Carré' and the 'Grande Galerie'; (13) 'Façade de Pierre Lescot au Louvre à gauche du Pavillon de l'Horloge'. Scale: (1, 2) 1:400; (3-11) 1:50. Thirteen sheets, between 69 cm x 110 cm and 57 cm x 90 cm. Alterations to the Louvre were undertaken while Baron Haussmann was at the Seine département, 1853-1870: the drawings may date from that period.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Physical condition
Manuscript, some sheets coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1320.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820856/

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