5769 x 4061 px | 48,8 x 34,4 cm | 19,2 x 13,5 inches | 300dpi
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The Place du Châtelet is a public square in Paris France on the Right Bank of the river Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements At plaza s centre is La Fontaine du Palmier constructed 1806 1808 by François Jean Bralle 1750 1832 to celebrate French victories in battle It is a circular basin 20 feet in diameter from which rises a column in the form of a palm tree s trunk 58 feet tall surmounted by a gilded figure of Victory with laurel crown in each upraised hand and resting on a base ornamented with bas relief eagles Four allegorical figures by Louis Simon Boizot 1743 1809 ring the base Prudence Temperance Justice and Strength From top to bottom circles of bronze gilt call out the following battles Siege of Danzig 1807 Prussia the Battle of Ulm 1805 Austria the Battle of Marengo 1800 Italy the Battle of the Pyramids 1798 Egypt and the Battle of Lodi 1796 Italy Its sphinxes were designed in 1858 by Gabriel Davioud and sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart 1824 1896 they commemorate Napoleon s victory in Egypt Digitally restored Art Photochrom or Photochrome is used to create a color print from a black and white photo negative using between four and fourteen lithograph stones made from rocklike substances to colorize the print with several different inks
