Port of Tarragona, Rock Blasting 1802 - Hand-Colored Laborde Engraving
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Original hand-colored engraving of the blasting of the rock at the port of Tarragona into the sea, in the presence of Charles IV and Maria Luisa on 12 November 1802. From Alexandre de Laborde's Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, with the caption in Spanish, French and English.
Original hand-colored engraving of the blasting of the rock at the port of Tarragona into the sea, in the presence of Charles IV and Maria Luisa on 12 November 1802. From Alexandre de Laborde's Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, with the caption in Spanish, French and English.
The Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne (Paris, Pierre Didot, 1806-1820) is the most ambitious illustrated work devoted to Spain in the 19th century. Laborde assembled a team of French draughtsmen and engravers to record views of the country; this subject was drawn by Legier, etched by Bouquet and finished with the burin by Dequevauviller.
Medium: Etching and engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Legier (del.).
Engraver: Dequevauviller (sculp.); etching by Bouquet.
Date: From the Voyage pittoresque edition, Paris, Pierre Didot, 1806-1820.
Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne.
Dimensions: Plate mark 15.0 x 18.9 in (38 x 48 cm).
Condition: Good. Slight cockling of the paper visible in the photograph; verso clean, with light toning in the right margin. Presented with a mat.
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Original hand-colored engraving of the blasting of the rock at the port of Tarragona into the sea, in the presence of Charles IV and Maria Luisa on 12 November 1802. From Alexandre de Laborde's Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, with the caption in Spanish, French and English.