ENGRAVING ARCHITECTURE 2 GRAS. PERSEPOLIS. PERSIA.

Description:
- Engraving corresponding to Plate 3 of Architecture, belonging to the Popular Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts, made by Federico Gillman, and formed according to the Iconographic Encyclopaedia and the Conversations Lexicon of Germany.
- The engraving depicts columns, tombs and the remains of the ancient city of Persepolis, capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid period. It comprises a huge palatial complex on a monumental terrace supporting multiple hypostyle buildings that had protocol, ritual, emblematic or administrative functions.
- In the upper margin is the title ‘ARCHITECTURE’, and in the upper right-hand corner is printed ‘Lam. 3’, which identifies it as engraving number 3 in a series on architecture.
- In the lower margin are the identifications of the different elements of the ancient Persian city of Persepolis.
- Intaglio etching on steel, although a different technique could also have been used.
- It is in single-colour black tone, very well inked, centred with acceptable margins and with good stamping.
- The fact that the engraving has a distinctive mark or contrast is of great importance in order to be able to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition Good.
- The engraving is on medium-thick paper of fair quality.
- The paper is somewhat dirty, but there are hardly any rust stains.
- The engraving has small tears and folds at the edges and tips.
- If a cleaning is applied to it, the result could be very acceptable.

Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Engraving for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the same.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.