# Military Parade of the French Army on Place Vendôme, Paris

- By: Félix Nadar (Paris, 1820–1910)
- Date: 1859-08-14
- Medium: paper
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 193 mm x width 214 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-2016-148--0a5167a63e49d5466ff8976015036727)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/KpwJM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This early snapshot offers a quick impression of a military parade on Place Vendôme in Paris. The French army had just returned from a successful campaign against the Austrians in Italy. Press photography for newspapers and magazines did not yet exist in the 19th century. This photograph was published a week later in the magazine l’Illustration, but only after it had been copied and reworked as a wood engraving.