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A French version of Havell’s Aeronautical View
Panorama de Londres vu de la Nacelle d’un Ballon
- Author: after HAVELL Jnr., Robert
- Publication place: Paris
- Publisher: Le Roi, Place de Louvre No. 8
- Publication date: c.1840
- Physical description: Engraving with aquatint.
- Dimensions: Image: 255 by 990mm (10 by 39 inches). Sheet: 315 by 1040mm (12.5 by 41 inches).
- Inventory reference: 12482
Notes
References in French, without key numbers, in lower margin. A close copy of Havell’s ‘Aeronautical View…’.
Rare. We have only been able to trace four other examples of this print; item 25, a coloured example in a private collection, and the institutional examples held by the Guildhall Library and Westminster Art Collection.
Rare. We have only been able to trace four other examples of this print; item 25, a coloured example in a private collection, and the institutional examples held by the Guildhall Library and Westminster Art Collection.
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