Original engraving from Alexandre de Laborde's series: a Spanish family before an altar of the Virgin, the father with his child in his arms lighting a candle and the mother kneeling and praying the rosary. Black and white copper engraving, with the title at the foot in Spanish, French and English.
Original engraving from Alexandre de Laborde's series: a Spanish family before an altar of the Virgin, the father with his child in his arms lighting a candle and the mother kneeling and praying the rosary. Black and white copper engraving, with the title at the foot in Spanish, French and English.
It comes from Alexandre de Laborde's Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne (Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1806-1820), the great illustrated work on Spain of the first third of the 19th century. Engraved by Claude-François Fortier (1775-1835) after a drawing by Dutailly.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Dutailly.
Engraver: Claude-François Fortier (1775-1835).
Date: 1810.
Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne (Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1806-1820).
Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 in (26.2 x 18.5 cm).
Condition: Good; foxing scattered through the white margins, outside the image.