Le Château de Plessis-lès-Tours: Albert Levy photographe .4 Bond Street N.Y. Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Levy, Albert, 1844-1907, French. View of a French Chateau, 1870s-80s, Houghton Library, ss_4095353
La photo porte l'inscription « Albert Levy 4 Bond Street N.Y. ». Cela nous permet de la dater d'environ 1880, voire un peu avant.
Bibliothèque Nacionale de France
The BNF owns Albert Levy's catalogue (see catalogue), as well as:
Auteur(s) : Monmory, Félix. Auteur ou responsable intellectuel Voir les notices liées en tant
qu'auteur
Titre(s) : Album photographique : Nouvelles maisons à loyer et hôtels
particuliers à Paris comprenant vues d'ensemble, plans et détails [Texte
imprimé] / Recueil composé sous la direction de M. Félix Monmory, architecte ;
photographies par M. Albert Lévy. Première Partie [-Deuxième partie]
Publication : Paris : [s. n.], 1895
- The following pictures are all signed as "A. Levy 4 Av. Pinel Asniêres."
- *Contained under the following description: Eo 312 boîte Ensemble de plaques 31x41 cm env, epr 24x28 environ ,monochromes blues .Mention sur chaque plaque
- Villa á
Cannes
D.L. 1901, 3
Villa á Fecamp D.L 1901, 4
Paris Concert Parisiana D.L. 1901, 15
Paris Inmeuble de la Companie d`assurances “ New York life insurance”. D. L. 1901 1
Paris Av, d`Iena D.L 1901, 8
Paris Av, d`Iena porte d `entrée D.L. 1901, 9
Paris Av. Du Bois de Boulogne D.L, 1901, 2
Paris . Porte cochére , rue de Longchamp D.L 1901, 5
Paris. Maison de rapport. Impasse Rapp D.L. 1901, 10
Paris. Maison de rapport. Porte d`entrée D.L. 1901, 12
Paris. Maison de rapport, un angle. D. L. 1901, 13
Paris. Maison de rapport,. Rue de Reamur D.L 1901, 6
Paris . Interieur d’ appartement rue Fortuny D. L 1901,
Asnières , mairie, epv.23x28 cm. D.L 1905 , 1875
Ensemble de 31 pl. , 31x41 cm. Ep, 20x24 environ. Ancien .En 99. Cyanotypes
Villes de la cote est des Etats Unis .- Avant 1877
Eden theatre (Paris) vues d’ interieur. 2 photos. A 13151 Eo 312 b
Ministère de la Culture. France Patrimoine
The Ministry of Culture of France has an official web for browsing the patrimony called POP ( La Plate-forme Ouverte du Patrimoine). If we search for Albert Levy we can find 108 pictures. Many of those photos belong to "Villas et chalets pittoresques" that you can see also here in this other section of this web.
We suspect that the other pictures belongs to the other 2 albums of the series of "Recueil photographique des nouveilles habitations pittoreques de France urbaines et rurales en pierre, brique, bois, ..." as the album we know (villas et chalets pittoresques) has 36 pictures; so likely each album has 36 pictures which would amount the 108 pictures we see in the search.
All pictures are classified under the tags: Villas et chalets pittoresques ; Habitations des bords de la mer ; Villas normandes . That would be the name for each album of the series.
The link for accessing the pictures in the Ministère de Culture is https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/lien-partage/69b6d6529473162cffaeba14?type=simple
Holders of Levy'photographs
· Library of Congress - R.Morris Hunt
· Bibliothèque Nacionale de France
· Centre Canadien d'Architecture
· Ministère de la Culture. France Patrimoine
· Columbia University. Avery Library.
- Boston Public Library
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: link
- Jean Paul Getty Museum.. Getty Library Catalog
- Ministère de Culture France
- George Eastman House: : link
- Smithsonian institution (55): link
- Bibliotéques Patrimoniales de Paris
- University of Winsconsin
- University of Lousville
- Cornell University
- Worcester Art Museum
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Architektur Sammlung of the Technische Hochschule in Munich. --> they own the three series of "L'Architecture Americaine".
- Ville de Paris: BHVP / Roger-Viollet.
- Leopold Eidlitz collection (see pdf)
- The Redwood
Library and Athenæum (the oldest lending
library in America, and the oldest library building in continuous use in
the country. Founded in 1747) holds: "Albert Levy’s Architectural
Photographic Series 2 and 10, ca. 1880
Box 9". - We can read in his GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES:
Albert Levy was a French photographer born in
1847,
who studied and practiced in both the United States and
Europe. These two series were printed in New York by
Albert Levy and contain images from Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Washington,
D.C. Each photograph is numbered and identified on a
list that includes the type of building, location, and name
of the architect(s). There are a total of 54 silver gelatin
prints (9.5 x 7.75 inch) in this collection.
- The Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection at the University Archives Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries. (60)
· Here you can see information of its full catalogue. See also the pdf. If you look for "Albert Levy" you will find:
· 21 pictures of Prague (buildings)
· 15 pictures of Ghent (Belgium)
· 1 picture of Parmel (Belgium)
· 1 picture of Mons (Belgium)
· Some of the 30 pictures of London that seem to be in a same album with George Washington Wilson, Firth and ¿JV?
· 18 of Angers (France)
· 38 of Poitiers (France)
· See pdf with the list of artwork online. Also check the results online.
- National Gallery of Art (USA). Its library ows 28 pictures by Albert Levy. Most of them belong to the 3rd serie of L'Architecture Americaine.
- Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography --> Hotel Metropole, New York. (Levy, Albert, 1844-1907, French, creator, photographer)
- Département de Calvados Archive --> Villas et chalets pittoreques, petites maisons de champagne
- Driehaus Museum Chicago --> Photographs 1883. Albert Levy. Three room from the Samuel M. Nickerson Residence. 40 East Erie Street Chicago
- Princeton University (59)
· See pdf with the web results of Levy's work.
· The first element are four elements: Architectural photographic series 2, 35, 41 and 42, which makes the Princeton University a relevant holder.
- St. Louis Public Library
· Owns series 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 31 and 33 acording to the book referenced in 26.
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia





