XIR437861 Plan of the Mazas Prison and cells for prisoners, Boulevard Mazas, Paris (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: designed in 1843 by Emile Gilbert (1795-1874) Architect of the City of Paris, and constructed betwen 1845 and 1850 to replace the De la Force prison; model cellular plan inspired by the designs of Guillaume-Abel Blouet (1795-1853) who visited the United States of America in 1836 to study American penitentiary architecture and design reforms; demolished in 1898 on the occasion of the 1898 Exposition Universelle (Universal Exhibition) in Paris;); French, out of copyright.