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Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees

c. 1855

Jean-Jacques Heilmann

(French, 1822–1859)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Measurements
Image: 25.8 x 19.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1995.27
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Location
230 Photography
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The town of Eaux-Chaudes, a tourist destination since the late 1500s, had hot springs reputed to have healing waters.

Description

The town of Pau, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, was a popular vacation spot for British tourists and one of several centers for photography in France in the 1850s. Jean-Jacques Heilmann, who lived in Pau, photographed the road that ran through the mountains to the village of Eaux-Chaudes with its popular hot springs. The road had just been built in 1849. It greatly eased access to Eaux-Chaudes and offered dramatic views.
A salted paper print in a vertical oval format depicts a mountainous landscape with a stone bridge spanning a steep gorge. Muted gray tones convey a craggy, vertical cliff on the left and tall trees clinging to the rocky slope on the right. Two large arches support the bridge where several tiny figures stand. Below, a shallow stream flows over jagged boulders. French cursive handwriting and a stylized signature are inscribed in the bottom right.

Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees

c. 1855

Jean-Jacques Heilmann

(French, 1822–1859)
France, 19th century

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