Charles Marville, Amorce du Boulevard Henri IV et de la rue Sully, ca. 1853–70

Looking along the beginning of Boulevard Henri IV, workmen standing in front of delapidated picket fence, builders rubble on edge of cobbled street, two and three storey buildings on paths, man on ladder working on street lamp in left background.

Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu; 13 March 1813 – 19 October 1879) - French photographer born in Paris was appointed as the official photographer of the city of Paris in the early 1860s. He was one of the first photographers to use albumen printing process, which produced highly detailed and tonally rich prints. He also experimented with salt prints, cyanotype, and platinum prints, 19th-century architecture, and urban landscapes.