Perse Moderne. Pl. LXXXV.
Dessiné et lithographié par Eugène Flandin. Lith. de Thierry frères, Cité Bergère, 1. à Paris.
Gide Editeur [n.d., 1851].
Tinted lithograph on chine collé. Printed area 360 x 485mm (14¼ x 19"), with large margins.
The pavilion of the 'New Garden', Shiraz. Eugène Flandin (1809-1876) travelled through Persia 1839-41 with the architect Pascal Coste, as part of a government sponsored archaeological mission, for which he received the Légion d'Honneur. He drew both the ancient monuments and the Moslem architecture of Persia, making his 'Voyage en Perse' is an imporant account of Persia during the mid-C19th, comparable to David Roberts's work in the Holy Land & Egypt. A scarce work.
[Ref: 63951] £190.00
Gide Editeur [n.d., 1851].
Tinted lithograph on chine collé. Printed area 360 x 485mm (14¼ x 19"), with large margins.
The pavilion of the 'New Garden', Shiraz. Eugène Flandin (1809-1876) travelled through Persia 1839-41 with the architect Pascal Coste, as part of a government sponsored archaeological mission, for which he received the Légion d'Honneur. He drew both the ancient monuments and the Moslem architecture of Persia, making his 'Voyage en Perse' is an imporant account of Persia during the mid-C19th, comparable to David Roberts's work in the Holy Land & Egypt. A scarce work.
[Ref: 63951] £190.00