General View of Tortosa, Spain - Hand-Colored Laborde Engraving - 1810
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General View of Tortosa, Spain - Hand-Colored Laborde Engraving - 1810

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Original 1810 engraving with original hand coloring giving the general view of Tortosa from the far bank of the Ebro, with the castle of La Suda crowning the hill and the town reaching down to the riverside wall. The caption gives the title in Spanish, French and English: "VISTA General de TORTOSA".

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Original 1810 engraving with original hand coloring giving the general view of Tortosa from the far bank of the Ebro, with the castle of La Suda crowning the hill and the town reaching down to the riverside wall. The caption gives the title in Spanish, French and English: "VISTA General de TORTOSA".

Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Jacques Moulinier (1753-1828).
Engraver: François-Nicolas-Barthélemy Dequevauviller (1745-1817).
Date: 1810.
Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, published in four volumes between 1806 and 1820.
Dimensions: Plate mark 12.6 x 16.5 in (32 x 42 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper lightly toned, with slight cockling and a faint stain in the upper margin. The image itself is clean and the coloring well preserved.

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