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Pencil drawing of a narrow old Paris street with tall buildings, shop signs, arched doorways and a few walking pedestrians.

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Auguste Sebastien Benard - Ancien hôtel du Chevalier du Guet, rue Jean Lantier - Musée Carnavalet, Auguste-Sébastien Bénard (1855), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil and graphite drawing shows a narrow Parisian street lined with tall stone buildings, their windows shuttered and a few figures walking near the centre. Painted signs on the facades and a shop awning are visible, with the handwritten date 20 mai 1855 in the lower left. The work is attributed to Auguste-Sébastien Bénard and is held by the Musée Carnavalet.

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