Upper town and beach Granville France – Historic Print
![Upper town and beach Granville France, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d1d7750052b0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Upper town and beach Granville France, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Upper town and beach Granville France
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Granville is a port town on the Normandy coast, and this view sets its old upper town, perched on a granite headland, against the beach below. The print was made with the photochrom process, which used a series of lithographic stones to build up full color from a photograph. The Detroit Publishing Co. sold such views to American buyers as travel souvenirs and catalogued them by number, and this one appears in its 1905 catalog. Notice how the photochrom method gives the sea and the stone walls their soft, saturated tones.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 9726. Views of architecture monuments and other sites in France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,968 × 2,976 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 4538_Upper_town_and_beach_Gr_1890.tif-05046u |
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