La Samaritaine, Paris, Demolished 1813 - Original Steel Engraving - 1845
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Original antique engraving "La Samaritaine, à Paris (Démolie en 1813) / La Samaritana, en Paris (Demolida en 1813)", with the building of the water pump on the Pont Neuf, its clock tower and the relief of the Samaritan woman at the well, and a hackney carriage crossing in the foreground. Lettered below "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (1603 à 1618) — Francia (1603 á 1618)", no. 568.
Original antique engraving "La Samaritaine, à Paris (Démolie en 1813) / La Samaritana, en Paris (Demolida en 1813)", with the building of the water pump on the Pont Neuf, its clock tower and the relief of the Samaritan woman at the well, and a hackney carriage crossing in the foreground. Lettered below "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (1603 à 1618) — Francia (1603 á 1618)", no. 568.
La Samaritaine was the machine that from 1608 raised water from the Seine for the Louvre and the Tuileries; its clock and carillon were for two centuries a timekeeping reference for Parisians, until the building was pulled down in 1813.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Engraver / lithographer: published under the direction of A. F. Lemaître.
Date: 1845.
Source: L'Univers pittoresque, Firmin Didot Frères, Paris; France section.
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 in (21.2 x 14.5 cm).
Condition: Damp staining in the left and lower margins of the sheet, outside the image; paper somewhat toned.
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Original antique engraving "La Samaritaine, à Paris (Démolie en 1813) / La Samaritana, en Paris (Demolida en 1813)", with the building of the water pump on the Pont Neuf, its clock tower and the relief of the Samaritan woman at the well, and a hackney carriage crossing in the foreground. Lettered below "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (1603 à 1618) — Francia (1603 á 1618)", no. 568.