AVELINE / ESNAUTS et RAPILLY / DAUMONT. - Veuë et Pers-pective de l'Entrée du Château de Marly en général.

A rare panoramic view of the Château de Marly (Marly-le-Roi) by Aveline. The plate, at the joint address of Esnault et Rapilly and Daumont, is numbered in upper right corner N° 7. Colored in the style of optical views.

The Château de Marly was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, it was demolished in 1806. At the Château of Marly, Louis XIV of France escaped from the formal rigors he was constructing at Versailles.

Esnauts et Rapilly & Daumont were print sellers and publishers, Daumont was well-known as a publisher of optical prints.