Photographies de France dans les archives de Richard Morris Hunt à la Bibliothèque du Congrès.USA.Baldus,Durandelle, Marville, Bisson frères. Facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York,

 Richard Morris Hunt, considéré comme le plus grand architecte américain du XIXe siècle, a constitué un important fonds d'archives retraçant son œuvre, comprenant de nombreuses photographies, principalement d'architecture. Ce fonds est conservé à la Bibliothèque du Congrès.

Inventory of ca. 2,200 prints (a.k.a. "Black Boxes") (pdf, 896 KB, last update: May 21, 2025) 

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  • P79.1966 1. Boulevard St. Martin, Paris, showing railing and integrated lamppost, label 15 ; 2. Square des Artes et Métiers (now Square Émile Chautemps), Paris, with lamppost Théâtre de la Gaîté, label 14. Blind stamp on mount Ch. Marville,

Photographe du Musée Impérial du Louvre, about 1865

  • P79.1981 Pont des Saints Pères (now Pont du Carrousel), Paris, France, inscribed Pont des Saints Pères, 7, Bisson frères, and blind stamp Bisson Frères, Editeurs a Paris, R. Garancière 8
  • P79.1993 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, ca. 1875, entrance near completion with workers posing at tasks, mount printed Nouvel Opéra, Déposé No. 15, Détails de la Façade, Mr. Ch. Garnier, Architecte, Photographié par Delmaet & Durandelle, Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, 22, Paris, label 69
  • P79.1994 Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, France, 1868, corner entrance pavilionnear completion, blind stamp Photographié de Delmaet & Durandelle, 22, B'. des Filles du Calvaire, Portraits & Reproductions, inscribed Théâtre du Vaudeville, label 29
  • P79.2000 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, ca. 1875, left entrance pavillion near completion, mount printed Nouvel Opéra, Déposé No. 1, Détails du Pavillon Gauche, Mr. Ch. Garnier, Architecte, Photographié par Delmaet & Durandelle, Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, 22, Paris, label 3
  • P80.3404 Quay at the Louvre, Paris, France, showing eight bays of the Louvrefaçade, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, inscribed Paris, rue du Louvre Quai, C/W, label 56
  • P80.3579 Gare de l'Est ("Strasbourg"), Paris, France (1849, architect François Duquesnay), facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 59
  • P80.3924 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, ca. 1875, side façade near completion,mount printed Nouvel Opéra, Déposé No. 16, Détails de la Façade Latérale, Mr.Ch. Garnier, Architecte, Photographié par Delmaet & Durandelle, Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, 22, Paris, label 67, marked in negative No. 188
  • P80.4063 Arc de Triomphe d'Orange, marked in negative Arc antique a Orange,E. Baldus, and label 17
  • P80.4075 Maison Carré, Nîmes, marked in negative Maison Carré a Nimes, E.Baldus fc., and label 32
  • P80.4081 Musée du Louvre, Pavillon de Rohan, Paris, France, view from elevated vantage point with scaffolding on right, inscribed Pavillon de Rohan, Musée du Louvre, and inscribed Baldus, label 41
  • P80.4082 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, entrance façade, inscribed Académie Nationale de Musique, Paris, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, label 47
  • P80.4131 Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, marked in negative E. Baldus, No. 78, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus on mount, inscribed Musée du Louvre, label 43 
  • P80.4132 Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, construction view with enormous scaffolding and fenced stone yard in foreground, inscribed Construction, Musée du Louvre, label 34
    P80.4133 Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, Pavillon Richelieu, detail view of sculptures decorating façade, marked in negative E. Baldus, No. 76, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, inscribed Detail, Musée du Louvre, label lost

    P80.4200 Panoramic view of Paris, with ambitious construction on both banks of the river, inscribed Paris

    P79.1791 Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France, inscribed E. Baldus 
    P79.1805 Basilique Saint-Julien, Brioude, France, inscribed in negative Egl. de Brioud, E. Baldus, and label 13
    P79.1816 Unidentified monumental interior, near completion, with ironwork awaiting assembly and installation, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, label 48
    [MN note on 6/3/2024: MN found it as the interior of the Stock Exchange in Lyon, which Sam Watters agreed/confirmed]
    P79.1999 Paris, panoramic view looking toward Ile de la Cité from the Louvre, including the Bains de la Samaritain and other barges, inscribed Paris, 52, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 48
    P79.3376 Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, inscribed Chambord, 115, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 25
    P79.3897 Medici Fountain, Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris, France, as it appeared between about 1855 and before 1864, inscribed 61, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 43
    P80.3406 The Louvre, Paris, France, Pavillon de la Bibliothèque, inscribed Le Louvre, rue de Rivoli and Paris, The Louvre, also 14, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 53 (Work on the Pavillon de la Bibliothèque formed one of Hunt's
    earliest professional experiences. Photograph ca. 1855)
    P80.3407 The Louvre, Paris, France, inscribed Louvre, Paris, 59, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus
    P80.3578 École Militaire, Paris, France, inscribed 43, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 58
    P80.3997 Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France, inscribed E. Baldus (signature?), and later in error Aqueduct outside of Rome, label 27
    P80.4078 Visconti Court, The Louvre, Paris, France, near completion, inscribed Pavillon, Musée du Louvre, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 42 (Visconti
    Court completed 1851)
    P1989.4530 Château de Fontainebleau, Oval Court, Seine-et-Marne, France, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 52 (date 1851 per Musée d'Orsay)
    P1989.4531 Fontaine du Palmier, Paris, France, inscribed 62, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 47
    P1989.4532 Grenelle Artesian Well, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris, Les Invalides in background, inscribed 39, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 54 (date 1860-62 per Musée d'Orsay) 
  •  P1989.4533 Château d'Anet, partial façade installed at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, signed in negative E. Baldus, inscribed Pavillon de Château d'Anet, label 5

    P79.1976 Notre-Dame de Paris and the Pont de l'Archevêché, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R. Garancière 8, stamp Pont de l'Archevêché, stamp 5, label 39
    P79.1978 Palais de Justice, Paris, inscribed Palais de Justice, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R. Garancière 8, stamp Palais de Justice, stamp 6, label 28
    P79.1979 Notre-Dame de Paris, with scaffolding, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R. Garancière 8, stamp Notre-Dame, stamp 1, label 39
    P80.4209 Hôtel de Ville, Paris, inscribed Hôtel de Ville, Paris, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R. Garancière 8, stamp [Hôtel de] Ville, stamp 5, label 33
    • Un-numbered Place du Châtelet and the Fontaine du Palmier, Paris, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R.Garancière 8, stamp Place du Châtelet, stamp 2, label 32
    • Un-numbered The Louvre, Paris, facsimile signature stamp Bisson Frères, blind stamp Bisson Frères, Éditeurs à Paris, R. Garancière 8, stamp Perspective du Louvre, stamp 10, label 55
    • P80.3570 Half-timbered dwelling built on a wharf, possibly Quai Saint Jean, Strasbourg, France or Bacharach, Germany, inscribed [indistinct] Bachrach, Quai St. Jean, inscribed in negative 102, and label 44. Note Aug. 9, 2004, from David R.
    Hanlon, St. Louis Comm. College, Meramec, identifies this as "an image by Charles Marville, created ca. 1853." The Quai Saint Jean is in Strasbourg, while Bacharach is in Germany, both towns known for their picturesque medieval architecture.
    • P80.3925 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, ca. 1875, showing construction equipment and scaffolding , mount printed Nouvel Opéra, Déposé No. 14, Pavillon des Abonnés, Détails de la Façade Latérale, Mr. Ch. Garnier, Architecte, Photographié par Delmaet & Durandelle, Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, 22, Paris, label 66
    • P80.4079 Pavillon Denon, Musée du Louvre, showing sculpture and decoration of upper façade, inscribed Détail du Musée du Louvre, Pavillon Denon, label 5, photograph attributed to Baldus
    • P80.4080 Pavillon Denon, Musée du Louvre, near completion, inscribed Musée du Louvre, Pavillon de Denon, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, label 38
    • P80.4134 Pavillon Sully (Pavillon de l'Horloge), Musée du Louvre, under construction, inscribed Pavillon Sully, Musée du Louvre, label 30, photograph attributed to Baldus (structure pictured does not match existing Pavillon Sully, and
    may be shown at start of remodelling)
    • P80.4203 River Seine, view toward the Pont Royal, with the floating Bains de Dames in the foreground, inscribed River Seine, Paris, facsimile signature stamp Bisson freres
    • P80.4263 Caen, France, view of street and cathedral spire, inscribed Street View, Caen
      • P80.4267 Saint-Lô, France, view of medieval dwellings housing printers and booksellers, inscribed Maison du poids, St. Lo, Normandy 
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        Hunt Collection

        The Hunt Collection at the Library of Congress consists of more than 15,000 drawings, photographs, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, rare books, and three-dimensional objects collected and assembled by Richard Morris Hunt from the 1840s until his death in 1895. The collection also contains materials assembled by Hunt's widow, Catharine Clinton Howland Hunt, and by their oldest sons, Richard Howland and Joseph Howland Hunt. The collection's state of preservation and depth is exceptional.

      • Photographs

        As was true for collections of nineteenth-century architects whose eclectic practices turned to contemporary and historic architecture, at home and abroad, for inspiration, the Hunt Collection includes thousands of photographs of new and old buildings, largely in Europe, of interiors and furnishings, sculpture, iron work, landscapes and city scenes. Many of these photographs were produced by pioneers in the medium, including Charles Marville, Édouard Baldus, James Anderson, and Alinari & Cook. Also included in the collection are images of Richard Morris Hunt's own work, some by Newport-based Frank H. Child, and prints from calotypes of the Middle East created by Leavitt Hunt on his pioneering tour in 1851-1852 with American Nathan Flint Baker.

        We know of the Hunt Collection photographs purchased by Richard M. Hunt from a ca. 1905 typescript catalog titled the Library of Richard Morris Hunt, Catalogue of Photographs and Prints. Catharine Hunt and her assistant compiled this inventory by general categories, not individual images. Another source is an interview with Richard Morris Hunt (1860) regarding his library, which states he owned 5,000 photographs.

        The Library of Congress has an inventory with more than 2,200 prints, unbound, some of which were originally in albums. The Hunt Collection contains an additional, estimated, several hundred photographs in albums, cataloged by Catharine Hunt by typology and location. Office stamps and dating make clear that some photographs in the Hunt Collection were not owned by Richard Morris Hunt.