Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, dessin préparatoire pour le volume de Picardie, scène de massacre, 114ème feuille, 1ère page, 2ème version

Periods:

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

19th century

XIXth century

Techniques:

lithography

Dimensions:

540 x 356

Inventory number:

04R03163

Detail:

Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France est un ouvrage monumental publié sous la direction d'Isidore Taylor, dit le baron Taylor, avec de nombreux collaborateurs écrivains et de nombreux dessinateurs, graveurs et lithographes, dont la publication s'est étalée de 1820 à 1878, qui constitue le premier recueil du patrimoine français.

Location:

Charenton-le-Pont, Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

About the author(s)

Author:

Frères Thierry

Born:

19th century AD

Author:

after Eugène Emmnanuel Viollet-Le-Duc

Also known as:

Viollet-le-Duc

Born:

27th Jan, 1814

Dead:

17th Sep, 1879

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and theorist, famous for his interpretive "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was a major Gothic Revival architect. His works were largely restorative and few of his independent building designs were ever realised. Strongly contrary to the prevailing Beaux-Arts architectural trend of his time, much of his design work was largely derided by his contemporaries. He was the architect hired… Read more...