View of Port St. Bernard

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View of Port St. Bernard

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)

Date
1784
Medium
Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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.

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