Charles Marville, Rue Verderet, ca. 1853–70

Looking along narrow cobbled lane doors opening onto narrow path. Title hand inscribed on label adhered to portfolio page beneath image: Rue Basse des Ursins. Other copies of this image have it identified as Rue Verderet (de la rue de la Gde. Truanderie). Rue Verderet is visible on plaque upper right. See also Rue Basse-des-Ursins, ca. 1853–70

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.