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Port St. Bernard

A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper.

Date:

1783

Artist:

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)

About this artwork

Gouache views of Paris were very popular in the 1780s, and color prints emulating them became highly marketable. This rare proof is one of the most expensive of such views offered at the height of the market, in 1784.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Melchior Descourtis

Title

Port St. Bernard

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1783

Medium

Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 40.5 × 61.9 cm (16 × 24 3/8 in.); Sheet: 48.6 × 65.4 cm (19 3/16 × 25 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Given in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1929.217

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