Saint-Andre-le-Bas, Vienne - Original 19th Century Engraving, Lemaitre

Original copper engraving of the abbey church of Saint-Andre-le-Bas at Vienne, a former Benedictine monastery in the French Dauphine. A bilingual print lettered below "St Andre le bas a Vienne / San Andres el bajo en Viena", drawn by Gaucherel and engraved under the direction of Lemaitre.

It is headed "Francia (Carlovingios) / France (Carlovingiens)" and numbered 190: it comes from an illustrated history of France issued in a bilingual French-Spanish edition in the mid-19th century.

Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Gaucherel.
Engraver / lithographer: Lemaitre's workshop ("Lemaitre direxit").
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 5.3 x 8.5 in (13.5 x 21.5 cm).
Condition: Good; paper toned with light foxing in the margins.