St. John of Acre, Holy Land - Original Steel Engraving by Rouargue - 1842
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Original steel engraving with a general view of St. John of Acre (Akko), the walled city above the sea with the dome and minaret of the al-Jazzar mosque, and figures among the ruins in the foreground. Signed "Rouargue sc." and published by Furne in Paris.
Original steel engraving with a general view of St. John of Acre (Akko), the walled city above the sea with the dome and minaret of the al-Jazzar mosque, and figures among the ruins in the foreground. Signed "Rouargue sc." and published by Furne in Paris.
The town had just been bombarded by the allied fleet in November 1840, during the Egyptian crisis, which explains the rubble in the foreground and the interest such views aroused at the time.
Medium: Steel engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Rouargue
Date: 1842
Source: Paris, Furne
Condition: Heavy foxing in the margins; the image itself is clean.
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Original steel engraving with a general view of St. John of Acre (Akko), the walled city above the sea with the dome and minaret of the al-Jazzar mosque, and figures among the ruins in the foreground. Signed "Rouargue sc." and published by Furne in Paris.