[Dessiné par Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Thales Fielding. Imprimé par Sauniée.]
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy.
Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy.
Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00