This engraving depicts the Quai de Montebello on the left bank of the Seine as seen from the rue Maître Albert in the 5th arrondissement.

If the plane trees on the quay draw an elegant graphic design in the background of the engraving, it is the rendering of the solid architecture of the corner house on rue Maitre Albert that structures the whole. The detail of the four-season carts and the mother-child group bring a human and sensitive touch to this view of old Paris.

This engraving is part of a series of about twenty engravings of landscapes of Paris made just after the Second World War.