id | print_482 |
title | Ballooning. Ballon. Vue Perspective De La Ville De Rodez, Capitale Du Rouergue Prise Du Clocher Des Chartreux. Dedié A Monsign. Seignelay |
maker | Candieu del. Blanchon sculps. |
date | 1784 |
size | 33 x 54 cm. |
technique | Copper-Plate Engraving |
condition | Fine, a well printed view, with good margins all around, lower margin a trifle cut down. Verso blank. Vertical crease at centre, three, unobstrusive, circular thin spots [old mounting] |
signature | Beneath the image |
colouring | Uncoloured |
description | A finely detailed French town with almost at centre in the sky a "Montgolfiére" carrying 2 people. At bottom a description of the balloon ["diameter 52 pieds etc. etc."] |
ouvre | Not Examined |
watermark | Large indistinct watermark. |
price | 550 |
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