![[Vincennes] A General View of the Royal Palace of Vincene, on the side of the Grand Body Guard.](jpegs/60204.jpg)
[Vincennes] A General View of the Royal Palace of Vincene, on the side of the Grand Body Guard.Vüe Generale du Chateau Royal de Vincene, du côté du Grand Corps de Garde.
Rigaud delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside 1755 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 250 x 475mm (9¾ x 18¾") very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left.
A view of the Château de Vincennes with its 14th century 'Donjon', a fortified central tower, the tallest in Europe. The estate was enlarged by Louis XIV before he moved to Versailles. During the Revolution it was saved from the mob bent on destroying it by the Marquis de Lafayette. 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: 60204] £240.00
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside 1755 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 250 x 475mm (9¾ x 18¾") very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left.
A view of the Château de Vincennes with its 14th century 'Donjon', a fortified central tower, the tallest in Europe. The estate was enlarged by Louis XIV before he moved to Versailles. During the Revolution it was saved from the mob bent on destroying it by the Marquis de Lafayette. 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: 60204] £240.00