Rue Neuve-Coquenard (from the Rue Lamartine). Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813-1879 Paris). Dimensions: 32.6 x 27 cm (12 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. ). Date: 1870s.Trained as a painter and an illustrator, Marville began photographing in 1851, and by 1862 he was named "photographer of the city of Paris." In the service of Napoleon III, he photographed Baron Haussmann's vast program of demolition and construction. Although he documented the modern city--its elegant street lamps, Morris columns, and utilitarian pissoirs--that replaced the old, he is best known for his detailed views of the picturesque, insalubrious districts slated for destruction. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.