Buy ENGRAVING MAIN DOOR OF SAINT TROPHIME IN ARLES. FRANCE

- Engraving Main door of San Trofimo in Arles.
- The engraving shows the main door of the Church of San Trofimo in the French city of Arles.
- All the titles and signatures are outside the plate.
- In the upper margin is the legend "France XIIªS - France SºXII".
- In the lower margin is the legend 'Portail de St. Trophime á Arleas - Main gate of St. Trophime in Arles'.
- This is a Romanesque building in the French city of Arles, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The number '250' is printed in the upper right-hand corner, suggesting that the engraving is the 250th in a series.
- In the lower right corner, the engraver signs it as Lemaitre (Augustin François Lemaître).
- In the lower left-hand corner, the draughtsman signs as Guillaumot, del.
- Augustin François Lemaître (1797-1870). French engraver, lithographer, designer, publisher and photographer. He depicted many landscapes, monuments, architecture and people, especially during his many travels in Europe.
- Intaglio etching on steel plate, although a different technique could also have been used.
- Produced in a single-colour black tone, very well inked.
- It is probably an engraving belonging to a book.