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Pencil and wash drawing of the Observatory meridian stone marker among trees in Parc Montsouris, with a small building behind

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La mire de l'Observatoire au parc Montsouris, 14ème arrondissement, D.12347, Jules-Adolphe Chauvet (1887), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil and wash drawing shows the stone meridian marker of the Paris Observatory, inscribed with the date MDCCCVI, standing among dense trees and shrubs in Parc Montsouris. A small building with shuttered arched windows and a dormer sits behind it. The work is attributed to Jules-Adolphe Chauvet and dated 1887.

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