Additional Makers
Print maker - Charles Melchior Descourtis; Publisher - Charles Melchior Descourtis
Description
View of Paris (Port Saint-Paul); figures strolling on a quay in the foreground, beyond some barges on the Seine river, which in the background forks around the Ile de la Cité; on the left a wooden footbridge links the island to the city. 1784. Colour aquatint.
Inscription
Lettered with title, production detail: 'Peint par de Machy - Gravé par C.les Descourtis', title, and publication line: 'A Paris, chez Descourtis, rue des G.ds Dégrés No.12'. Also signed on plate, lower left: 'Charles Descourtis sculp.t / De Machy pinx.t'
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Quai des Celestins, Paris, France
Country
France
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
