City Plan of Lerida, Catalonia - Original Laborde Engraving - 1810
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Original 1810 engraving with the plan of Lerida and its plain, drawn block by block on the banks of the Segre, with the hill of the Seu Vella crowned by the bastioned enclosure of La Suda, the bridge and the market gardens of the district. The scale is given in toises.
Original 1810 engraving with the plan of Lerida and its plain, drawn block by block on the banks of the Segre, with the hill of the Seu Vella crowned by the bastioned enclosure of La Suda, the bridge and the market gardens of the district. The scale is given in toises.
At the foot, the title in Spanish, French and English - "Plano de LERIDA" - and the signatures of Moulinier and of the engraver Vicq. Drawn a few years before the siege of 1810, it documents the Lerida that existed before the demolition of the upper quarter and the final conversion of the hill into a military fortress.
Medium: Copper engraving, in black.
Artist / after: Jacques Moulinier (1753-1828).
Engraver: Vicq.
Date: 1810.
Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, published in four volumes between 1806 and 1820.
Dimensions: Plate mark 12.2 x 19.1 in (31 x 48.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Presented in a mat.
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Original 1810 engraving with the plan of Lerida and its plain, drawn block by block on the banks of the Segre, with the hill of the Seu Vella crowned by the bastioned enclosure of La Suda, the bridge and the market gardens of the district. The scale is given in toises.