Label for "Parisian Ecologies: The City Transformed in Nineteenth-Century Prints and Drawings" March 24 - June 25, 2022

A master etcher, Lepère captured the multiple uses of the Seine with contrast and shading. The river was not only a major freight route through the city; it was also used to water and wash horses—the main means of transportation in the nineteenth century—as well as laundry. These different uses contributed to the high rates of disease carried by the river.

Claire Nettleton, Parisian Ecologies: The City Transformed in Nineteenth-Century Prints and Drawings at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College (Claremont: Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, 2022), 19 illustrated/color.

This object has the following keywords:

• Bathing
• Bridges
• Disease
• Horses
• Laundry
• Paris
• Pont Marie
• Seine River

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Parisian Ecologies: The City Transformed in Nineteenth-Century Prints and Drawings Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College , 3/24/2022 - 6/25/2022

• Image Dimensions: 6 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. (15.4 x 23.5 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Parisian Ecologies. Parisian Ecologies Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Claremont, CA, 2022
  Page Number: 19

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