Peña Cortada Aqueduct Details, Chelva - Original Laborde Engraving - 1810
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Original 1810 engraving with the picturesque details of the Roman aqueduct of Peña Cortada, in the ravine between Chelva and Calles (Valencia): the three-arched stretch that spans the gorge, with the channel running along the top. Title at the foot in Spanish, French and English.
Original 1810 engraving with the picturesque details of the Roman aqueduct of Peña Cortada, in the ravine between Chelva and Calles (Valencia): the three-arched stretch that spans the gorge, with the channel running along the top. Title at the foot in Spanish, French and English.
The aqueduct, of the early Imperial period, runs through the districts of Tuéjar, Chelva, Calles and Domeño and is one of the best preserved Roman hydraulic works in the Valencian country. The engraving is signed by Moulinier (drawing), Devilliers the younger (etching) and Dequevauviller (burin).
Medium: Copper engraving (etching and burin), in black.
Artist / after: Jacques Moulinier (1753-1828).
Engraver: François Jacques Dequevauviller (Paris, 1783 - c. 1848), over an etching by Devilliers the younger.
Date: 1810.
Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, published in four volumes between 1806 and 1820.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.4 x 13.0 in (24 x 33 cm).
Condition: Good. Presented in a mat.
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Original 1810 engraving with the picturesque details of the Roman aqueduct of Peña Cortada, in the ravine between Chelva and Calles (Valencia): the three-arched stretch that spans the gorge, with the channel running along the top. Title at the foot in Spanish, French and English.