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Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees

Jean-Jacques HeilmannLinkedCulture matchlcp-cf7cd8cfa30c

Date: c. 1855
Medium: salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Culture: France, 19th century
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 159071

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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. The town of Eaux-Chaudes, a tourist destination since the late 1500s, had hot springs reputed to have healing waters.

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