Illuminations of the Place de la Concorde, Paris, Glass Plate c.1910

Illuminations at Place de la Concorde in the rain, Paris

Format 10 x 8.5cm with stand The Arlesian Suitcase

Initially used with the magic lantern for entertainment, the photographic plate established itself in the last quarter of the 19th century as a tool particularly suited to the production and dissemination of knowledge, but also aesthetically as a tourist object, a witness to great journeys or important events.