Architectural Lantern Slides of France
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Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Lantern slides created in France during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include churches and cathedrals, castles, palaces, public buildings, bridges, sculpture, artifacts taken from other countries, and street scenes. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.
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Abbey Church of Saint Austremonius, Issoire: Overall view of the apsidal end

Abbey Church of the Trinity, Fecamp: Overall view

Abbey Church, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent: Overall view, apsidal end with high chapel on top of five radiating chapels

Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption, Saint-Brice: Overall view of the intact facade with blind arcades

Abbey of Saint Jean des Vignes, Soissons: Overall view, west facade still standing independently

Aix Cathedral: Detail, main Gothic portal

Albi Cathedral: Detail, entry through fortified door

Albi Cathedral: Distant view, Albi Cathedral

Albi Cathedral: Distant view, western tower rising above the town

Albi Cathedral: Interior detail, rood screen before the choir

Alyscamps (Roman Necropolis): Overall view, Roman road lined with tombs and mausoleums

Alyscamps (Roman Necropolis): Sarcophagus, formerly part of Les Alyscamps

Alyscamps (Roman Necropolis): Sarcophagus, formerly part of Les Alyscamps

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Band of reliefs, two rows of quatrefoils

Amiens Cathedral: Column capital fragment on display

Amiens Cathedral: Detail, base of trumeau figure, north portal

Amiens Cathedral: Detail, jamb figures of the Apostles on the west facade, portal of the Beau Dieu

Amiens Cathedral: North side of the cathedral with houses, boats, and embankment

Amiens Cathedral: Our Lady, Mere de Dieu, the central trumeau, south portal of west facade

Amiens Cathedral: Plaster casts of various sculptural reliefs on display

Amiens Cathedral: South portal of west facade

Amiens Cathedral: View of lower half of cathedral, below rose window