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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Thirty years before the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Charles Marville made a series of views of the skies over Paris, some from various rooftops and others from his apartment window.
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![[Cloud Study over Paris]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP273004.jpg)
Charles Marville — [Cloud Study over Paris]
Édouard Baldus (French, 1813–1889) — Amiens
Charles Marville — Etude de ciel
Charles Soulier (French, 1840–1875) — Notre Dame de Paris
William Henry Fox Talbot — The Boulevards at Paris![[Paris Rooftops]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP-18663-047.jpg)
Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau — [Paris Rooftops]
Edmond Bacot — Vue générale de Rouen![[View of the Seine, Paris]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP150952.jpg)
Gustave Le Gray — [View of the Seine, Paris]
Charles Marville — Rue Traversine (from the Rue d'Arras)
Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau — St. Sulpice, Paris![[Rue de Constantine]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP278779.jpg)
Charles Marville — [Rue de Constantine]
Charles Marville — Rue Mondétour, de la rue Rambuteau
