White Tower, Tower of London - Hand-Colored Steel Engraving - 1840
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Original steel engraving, hand-colored, with the White Tower of the Tower of London and the esplanade enlivened by figures and a carriage. Drawing by Gaucherel; at the foot, "Lemaitre direxit", and at the head "Angleterre (Période Normande)", a heading characteristic of French illustrated encyclopedias of the second quarter of the 19th century.
Original steel engraving, hand-colored, with the White Tower of the Tower of London and the esplanade enlivened by figures and a carriage. Drawing by Gaucherel; at the foot, "Lemaitre direxit", and at the head "Angleterre (Période Normande)", a heading characteristic of French illustrated encyclopedias of the second quarter of the 19th century.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Gaucherel.
Engraver: Lemaître's workshop ("Lemaitre direxit").
Date: 1840.
Source: French illustrated publication, Paris.
Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.0 in (18 x 12.8 cm).
Condition: Image clean and the period coloring well preserved. Paper toned in the margins, with folds and a small cut at the upper edge, outside the border.
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Original steel engraving, hand-colored, with the White Tower of the Tower of London and the esplanade enlivened by figures and a carriage. Drawing by Gaucherel; at the foot, "Lemaitre direxit", and at the head "Angleterre (Période Normande)", a heading characteristic of French illustrated encyclopedias of the second quarter of the 19th century.