Pont-de-Buis, on the Doufine, France (c. 1865): Art, History and Details

Pont-de-Buis, on the Doufine, France (c. 1865) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jules DuClos (French, 1824–1879).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The extension of railroad service from Paris across Brittany in northern France occurred in stages between 1840 and 1865. It required the construction of railway bridges such as this masonry viaduct which crosses the Doufine River near Pont-de-Buis. Jules DuClos shows it under construction, with timbers supporting the arches and a man standing in the river below.

Object facts

• Title: Pont-de-Buis, on the Doufine, France
• Date: c. 1865
• Creator attribution: Jules DuClos (French, 1824–1879)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
• Dimensions: Image: 33.8 x 30.1 cm (13 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
• Collection: Photography
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 1996.242

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.

View the collection record

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