A View of the Palace & Walks of the Thuilleries. Les Promenades du Palais de Thuilleries.
Rigaud delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1757 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 240 x 445mm (9½ x 17½"), very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album.
Promenaders in the grounds of the Palais de Thuilleries, destroyed by the Paris Commune in 1871. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60202] £240.00
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1757 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 240 x 445mm (9½ x 17½"), very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album.
Promenaders in the grounds of the Palais de Thuilleries, destroyed by the Paris Commune in 1871. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60202] £240.00