Édouard Baldus (1813–1889) Avignon. Flooding of the Rhône, 1856. Salted paper print, from a paper negative, mounted on cardboard, signed “E. Baldus,” titled, and numbered “No. 82” on the negative at the bottom. “E. Baldus” signature stamp in blue ink on the mount in the lower right corner. 31 x 44.3 cm Bibliography: Malcolm Daniel, The Photographs of Édouard Baldus, New York / Montreal, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Canadian Center for Architecture, 1994, p. 71, fig. 54, p. 179, fig. 50. The paper negative is held at the Musée d’Orsay.