Barges on the River Meuse - Original 18th C Etching after Weirotter
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An 18th-century etching, "The Rendez-vous of the Barges upon the Meuse / Rendez-vous des Bateaux Marchands sur la Meuse": barges and boats moored beside a ruined fortress on the banks of the Meuse, with windmills in the distance.
An 18th-century etching, "The Rendez-vous of the Barges upon the Meuse / Rendez-vous des Bateaux Marchands sur la Meuse": barges and boats moored beside a ruined fortress on the banks of the Meuse, with windmills in the distance.
Etched after a drawing by Franz Edmund Weirotter (1733-1771), the Austrian landscape painter trained in Paris whose river views were much copied and reissued in England. It is print 12 of a series of landscapes after Weirotter, published in London by Robert Sayer.
Medium: etching
Artist / after: Franz Edmund Weirotter (1733-1771)
Engraver: William Basnett (18th century)
Source: published in London by Robert Sayer, no. 53 Fleet Street
Date: c. 1770-1790
Dimensions: Plate mark 8.1 x 10.5 in (20.7 x 26.6 cm)
Condition: slight damp staining and one stain affecting the sky, visible in the photograph. Otherwise in good condition
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An 18th-century etching, "The Rendez-vous of the Barges upon the Meuse / Rendez-vous des Bateaux Marchands sur la Meuse": barges and boats moored beside a ruined fortress on the banks of the Meuse, with windmills in the distance.