Finding aid for Koch & Wilz, Panoramas of Paris, 1864-1884
Beth Ann Guynn and Nieves Maria Rocha
Descriptive Summary
Title: Koch & Wilz, Panoramas of Paris
Date (inclusive): 1864-1884
Number: 2016.R.36
Creator/Collector:
Koch & Wilz
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(1 album containing 39 photographs)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The album of 39 panoramic photographs
by Koch & Wills includes 30 panoramas of Paris; two each of Trouville and Geneva; and
one each of Versailles, Zürich and Schloss Heidelberg; as well as panoramas of an
unidentified river town and an unidentified port.
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Language: Collection material is in French with some Persian
Biographical / Historical
Georges-Laurent Koch and Antoine Wilz were Parisian cabinet makers, inventors and
photographers established in the rue Saint-Antoine during the 1850s and 1860s. In the 1860s
they invented a camera that took a panoramic image using a single negative.
The Parisian photographer, Paul-Augustin Gueuvin (born 1809) was associated with
Louis-Auguste Bisson around 1851 at 11, boulevard des Italiens. Gueuvin had a studio at 20,
rue Cassette, around 1862, moving to 30, boulevard d'Enfer at the end of the 1860s. He was
also briefly associated with Edmund L. Thiboust. Gueuvin exhibited at the Société française
de Photographie in 1863 and 1865. Gueuvin was both a portrait photographer and maker of city
and architectural views, known for his documentation of Paris. Between 1867 and 1871 he used
Koch & Wilz's single negative panoramic camera to produce striking views of Paris.
Sources consutlted:
____, Panoramas: photographies 1850-1950: collection Bonnemaison. Arles: Rencontres
internationales de la photographie, 1989.
Voignier, J.-M. Répertoire des photographes de France au dix-neuvième siècle.
Chevilly-Larue: Le Pont de Pierre, 1993.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Koch & Wilz, Panoramas of Paris, 1864-1884, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles,
Accession no. 2016.R.36.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2016r36
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2016.
Processing Information
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn and Nieves Maria Rocha in 2019.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized in 2019 and the images are available online:
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of 39 albumen panoramas by Koch & Wilz includes 30 panoramas of Paris; two
each of Trouville and Geneva; and one each of Versailles, Zürich, and Schloss Heidelberg; as
well as panoramas of an unidentified town along a river and an unidentified port. The
photographs were taken between 1864 and 1872. The panoramas of Paris document the city at
the height of the Second Empire, with many of the city's iconic monuments, buildings and
public spaces depicted. Included are views of the Louvre and the Hôtel de Ville taken before
and after the fires set during the 1871 Paris Commune. Of a more ephemeral nature are two
views of the 1867 Exposition universelle, whose buildings were destroyed shortly after the
conclusion of the fair.
Thirty-four mounts bear the letterpress imprint: Appareil panoramique de Koch & Wilz.
Phot. / 8 impasse Guéménée, Paris. Three mounts are blind stamped: Koch & Wilz. Impasse
Guéménée 8 Paris. Two mounts have neither imprint nor blind stamp. These two panoramas,
depicting the Louvre courtyard and Tuileries (2016.R.36-14) and view across the Seine to the
Louvre (2016.R.36-19), have been attibuted to Paul-Augustin Gueuvin. While the exact nature
of the association between Koch & Wilz and Gueuvin remains unclear, it is likely that
additional panoramas contained in the album were also taken by Gueuvin.
The album is bound in tan morocco with gilt borders and decorations and gilt edges. Persian
annotations are inked on the versos of most mounts. French annotations penciled on the
versos were partially cut off when the mounts were trimmed for binding and are mostly
illegible. A few mounts have French annotations penciled in a modern hand on their
rectos.
The album was acquired by the Persian prince Amir Doust Mohammad Khan Moayer ol-Mamalek
during his tour of Egypt and Europe in 1883 and 1884 (cf: Sotheby's, London,
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, April 30, 2015, lot
69). The Persian inscriptions on the versos of the mounts were likely added sometime
thereafter.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Panoramas of Paris,
1864-1884.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Gueuvin, Paul Augustin, 1809-
Amir Doust Mohammad Khan, Moayer ol-Mamalek
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Hôtel de ville (Paris,
France)
Exposition universelle de 1867 à
Paris
Subjects - Places
Geneva (Switzerland) -- Description
and travel
Heidelberg (Germany) -- Description
and travel
Trouville-sur-Mer (France) --
Description and travel
Versailles (France) -- Description and
travel
Zürich (Switzerland) -- Description
and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Paris (France) -- Description and travel
Albumen prints--France--19th century
Panoramas--France--19th century
Photograph albums -- France -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Koch & Wilz
Series 1.
Koch & Wilz, Panoramas of Paris,
1864-1884
Physical Description:
1
box
Arrangement
In original order.
Box 1, Item front cover
2016.R.36-fc
Front cover,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page front
endpapers
2016.R.36-fe
Front endpapers,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page front free endpaper
verso
2016.R.36-fe_v
Verso of front free endpaper,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 1 recto
2016.R.36-1r
[View of Geneva],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 1 verso
2016.R.36-1v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 2 recto
2016.R.36-2r
[Government Buildings, Île St. Louis],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 2 verso
2016.R.36-2v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 3 recto
2016.R.36-3r
[Paris View with the Passerelle des Arts and the Pont Neuf],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 3 verso
2016.R.36-3v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 4 recto
2016.R.36-4r
[Arch de Triomphe and Louvre],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 4 verso
2016.R.36-4v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 5 recto
2016.R.36-5r
[View across the Seine to the Place de Châtelet and Theaters],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 5 verso
2016.R.36-5v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 6 recto
2016.R.36-6r
[View of the Exposition Universelle de 1867],
1867
Box 1, Page 6 verso
2016.R.36-6v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 7 recto
2016.R.36-7r
[Place de la Concorde and Obelisk of Luxor],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 7 verso
2016.R.36-7v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 8 recto
2016.R.36-8r
[Gardens of Versailles with Fountain in Foreground],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 8 verso
2016.R.36-8v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 9 recto
2016.R.36-9r
[July Column and the Place de la Bastille],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Annonation on lower edge of mount: Place de la Bastille.
Box 1, Page 9 verso
2016.R.36-9v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 10 recto
2016.R.36-10r
[Palais du Luxembourg],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 10 verso
2016.R.36-10v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 11 recto
2016.R.36-11r
[Saint-Vincent-de-Paul],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Annonation on lower edge of mount: St. Vincent de Paul.
Box 1, Page 11 verso
2016.R.36-11v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 12 recto
2016.R.36-12r
[North Façade, Les Invalides],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 12 verso
2016.R.36-12v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 13 recto
2016.R.36-13r
[Palais Brongniart],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 13 verso
2016.R.36-13v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 14 recto
2016.R.36-14r
[Louvre Courtyard and Tuileries],
1867
Box 1, Page 14 verso
2016.R.36-14v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 15 recto
2016.R.36-15r
[Gare de l'Est],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Annonation on lower edge of mount: Gare de l'Est.
Box 1, Page 15 verso
2016.R.36-15v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 16 recto
2016.R.36-16r
[Panorama of Paris with the Passerelle des Arts in Foreground],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 16 verso
2016.R.36-16v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 17 recto
2016.R.36-17r
[Louvre and Tuileries],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 17 verso
2016.R.36-17v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 18 recto
2016.R.36-18r
[Façade of the Louvre],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 18 verso
2016.R.36-18v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 19 recto
2016.R.36-19r
[Views across the Seine towards the Louvre],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 19 verso
2016.R.36-19v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 20 recto
2016.R.36-20r
[Entrance to Versailles],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 20 verso
2016.R.36-20v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 21 recto
2016.R.36-21r
View of the Louvre and the Arch de Triomphe, after the Commune],
1871 or 1872
Scope and Content Note
Annonation on lower edge of mount: Arche du Triomphe de Carrousel.
Box 1, Page 21 verso
2016.R.36-21v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 22 recto
2016.R.36-22r
[Greenhouse and Main Pavilion, Exposition Universelle de 1867],
1867
Box 1, Page 22 verso
2016.R.36-22v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 23 recto
2016.R.36-23r
[Entrance to the Tuileries],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 23 verso
2016.R.36-23v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 24 recto
2016.R.36-24r
[Hôtel de Ville after the Commune],
1871
Box 1, Page 24 verso
2016.R.36-24v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 25 recto
2016.R.36-25r
[Bridge and Aqueduct],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 25 verso
2016.R.36-25v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 26 recto
2016.R.36-26r
[View of Paris towards Notre Dame],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 26 verso
2016.R.36-26v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 27 recto
2016.R.36-27r
[Saint-Germain I'Auxerrois]
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 27 verso
2016.R.36-27v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 28 recto
2016.R.36-28r
[Bird's-eye View of Paris, Notre Dame to Right],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 28 verso
2016.R.36-28v
[Persian Inscription],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 29 recto
2016.R.36-29r
[Fountain],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 29 verso
2016.R.36-29v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 30 recto
2016.R.36-30r
[Town along River],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 30 verso
2016.R.36-30v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 31 recto
2016.R.36-31r
[Hôtel de Ville],
between 1864 and 1871
Scope and Content Note
Photograph taken before the Commune.
Box 1, Page 31 verso
2016.R.36-31v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 32 recto
2016.R.36-32r
[Parc des Buttes-Chaumont],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 32 verso
2016.R.36-32v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 33 recto
2016.R.36-33r
[View of the Louvre],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 33 verso
2016.R.36-33v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 34 recto
2016.R.36-34r
[View of Trouville-sur-Mer from across the Touques River],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Blind stamp on lower edge of mount: Koch & Wilz. Impasse Guéménée 8 Paris.
Box 1, Page 34 verso
2016.R.36-34v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 35 recto
2016.R.36-35r
[Grande Hôtel, Trouville-sur-Mer],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Blind stamp on lower edge of mount: Koch & Wilz. Impasse Guéménée 8 Paris.
Box 1, Page 35 verso
2016.R.36-35v
Blank page,
circa 1872
Box 1, Page 36 recto
2016.R.36-36r
[View of Geneva and Île Rousseau],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 36 verso
2016.R.36-36v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 37 recto
2016.R.36-37r
[View of a River Town],
between 1864 and 1872
Scope and Content Note
Blind stamp on lower edge of mount: Koch & Wilz. Impasse Guéménée 8 Paris.
Box 1, Page 37 verso
2016.R.36-37v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 38 recto
2016.R.36-38r
[Courtyard, Château de Heidelberg],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page 38 verso
2016.R.36-38v
[Persian Inscription],
circa 1884
Box 1, Page 39 recto
2016.R.36-39r
[View of Zürich],
between 1864 and 1872
Box 1, Page back
endpapers
2016.R.36-be
Back endpapers,
circa 1872
Box 1, Item back cover
2016.R.36-bc
Back cover,
circa 1872
