Hôtel de Sens, Paris

This architectural study by French artist Eugène Edouard Soulès depicts the Hôtel de Sens, a fifteenth-century Gothic mansion in the Marais district of Paris. Rendered in pen and ink with careful attention to structural detail, the drawing captures the building's distinctive features: pointed turrets, crenellated walls, arched Gothic doorway, and irregular fenestration characteristic of late medieval urban palaces. Soulès's technique employs cross-hatching and linear perspective to convey three-dimensionality and material texture. The work reflects nineteenth-century antiquarian interest in preserving and documenting Paris's medieval architectural heritage during a period of rapid urban transformation and restoration efforts.