ENGRAVING. ALICANTE TOWN HALL SQUARE. BLACK AND WHITE.

Description:
- Lithograph, stone engraving in black and white.
- The engraving shows the Alicante Town Hall square, with people dressed in typical costumes of the period.
- In the lower left and right margins are the signatures of the authors. The lithographer's name appears in the left-hand margin, and the printer's name on the right. The publisher appears in the centre: Bulla, Paris.
- Lemercier & Cie was a large Parisian lithographic printing company founded by Joseph Rose Lemercier (1803-1887).
- Louis Jules Arnout (1814-1868), a lithographer of great renown at the time.
- This is a stone engraving, a lithograph. Lithography dates from the 18th century and consists of stamping a design that is previously made on a limestone with pencil or special inks, and then applying an ink that only adheres to the areas that have been treated with these materials.
- It is large, rectangular and unframed.
- It is of great importance that the engraving has a Distinctive, Mark or Contrast, in order to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.

Conservation and Damage:
- Very good general condition.
- The engraving is on thick paper of very good quality.
- The edges surrounding the engraving have small rust spots without affecting the engraving.
- In the lower right corner there is a small tear, without affecting the engraving.
- The engraving shows wear typical of it's age.

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 on 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.