Gibraltar: Vue générale prise au-dessus de l'aqueduc d'Algésiras – Vintage Print
![Gibraltar: Vue générale prise au-dessus de l'aqueduc d'Algésiras, Paris : François Delarue, [between 1850 and 1860] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/76/76d143dc4989-L.webp)
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A window into the past: Gibraltar: Vue générale prise au-dessus de l'aqueduc d'Algésiras, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gibraltar: Vue générale prise au-dessus de l'aqueduc d'Algésiras
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Titled as a general view taken above the aqueduct at Algeciras, this lithograph looks across the bay toward Gibraltar, the British fortress whose limestone Rock rises at the tip of the peninsula. The sheet was issued by the Paris publisher François Delarue sometime between 1850 and 1860 and belongs to a series called *L'Espagne à vol d'oiseau*, or "Spain as seen from a bird's flight," which offered European viewers elevated panoramas of Spanish places. Britain had held Gibraltar since 1704, so a French print of the town reflects the strategic interest and curiosity the Rock drew throughout the nineteenth century.
| Created / published | Paris : François Delarue, [between 1850 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1850-1860.Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | L'Espagne à vol d'oiseau. |
| Subjects | Aqueducts--Gibraltar--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,140 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162910 |
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