Public Electric Lighting Experiment

View of place de la Concorde at night, looking north, showing the Fountain of the Seas, the Luxor Obelisk, and the Fountain of the Rivers caught in a dazzling beam of light coming from the right of the picture. A small crowd gathered in loose groups has come to witness the event as carriages drive by, going on their usual business.

The caption reads in the original French: Première expérience publique d'éclairage par l'électricité, faite à Paris, sur la place de la Concorde, par Deleuil et Léon Foucault, au mois de décembre 1844.