Hasan Abad Bridge, Isfahan, Persia - Original Steel Engraving - 1841
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Original steel engraving of the Hasan Abad bridge over the Zayandeh river, at Isfahan (Persia, today Iran): the long two-tier arcade with its central pavilion and the water dropping down the stone steps. Bilingual heading "Perse / Persia" and a two-language caption.
Original steel engraving of the Hasan Abad bridge over the Zayandeh river, at Isfahan (Persia, today Iran): the long two-tier arcade with its central pavilion and the water dropping down the stone steps. Bilingual heading "Perse / Persia" and a two-language caption.
It comes from La Perse, by Louis Dubeux, a volume of L'Univers pittoresque published in Paris by Firmin Didot Frères in 1841. The bridge, originally called Hasan Beyk, is the one known today as the Khaju bridge, rebuilt by Abbas II in the mid-17th century.
Medium: Steel engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Workshop of Auguste Lemaitre (1797-1870), "Lemaitre direxit"
Date: 1841
Source: Louis Dubeux, La Perse (L'Univers pittoresque), Paris, Firmin Didot
Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.6 in (20 x 11.8 cm)
Condition: Fair. Glued to paper; sheet toned with scattered foxing and creases in the right margin; the image legible and finely printed.
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Original steel engraving of the Hasan Abad bridge over the Zayandeh river, at Isfahan (Persia, today Iran): the long two-tier arcade with its central pavilion and the water dropping down the stone steps. Bilingual heading "Perse / Persia" and a two-language caption.