● On view now — 230 Photography
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Paris is known as the City of Light because it was one of the first cities to install street lights—oil lamps in the 1660s.
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![[Rue de Constantine]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP278779.jpg)
Charles Marville — [Rue de Constantine]![[Theatre de la Renaissance]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP149520.jpg)
Unknown — [Theatre de la Renaissance]
Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927) — Fountain of the L'École P
Edouard Baldus — Lyon, Hôtel de Ville
William Henry Fox Talbot — The Boulevards at Paris
Edouard Baldus — Palais de l'Industrie
Charles Marville — Arts et Métiers (Ancien Modèle)
Street in Dijon
Charles Marville — Rue de la Lingerie, de la rue Berger
Louis-Antoine Froissart (French, 1815–1860) — Untitled (Plac
Charles Marville — Rue Mondétour, de la rue Rambuteau
Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927) — Rue du Regard
![[Cloud Study over Paris]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP273004.jpg)
