View of the Port of St.Paul, Paris
Medium
Etching and engraving printed in color from at least four plates on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 65.2 cm (18 9/16 × 25 11/16 in.); Image/Plate: 40.4 × 61.4 cm (15 15/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
2089
Rights
Public Domain
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.