Keywords: Eugène Atget, Old Convent, avenue de l'Observatoire - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en The bare trees and high weather-stained wall in front of this building convey a contemplative atmosphere that seems especially appropriate for an old convent Propped against the wall behind the gas lamp a ladder suggests a romantic scene from literature perhaps an escape of some sort Although it was not raining when Eugène Atget created this picture the wet ground indicates that a downpour had only recently passed 1923 Albumen silver print Image 22 1 x 18 3 cm 8 11/16 x 7 3/16 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 71249 Inscribed verso print in pencil title and negative number 6403 credit line accession number 90 XM 127 1 PD-old-auto 1927 1923 in Paris 1923 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Avenue de l'Observatoire Paris Convents in Paris |