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Charles Melchior Descourtis

Port de St. Paul, Paris

1783
Etching and engraving printed in color from at least four plates on paper
39.8 × 61.5 cm (15.7 × 24.2 in)

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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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