Rue de la Grosse Horloce, Rouen [France] – Antique Wall Art
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(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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This rare antique lithograph captures Rue de la Grosse Horloce, Rouen [France] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rue de la Grosse Horloce, Rouen [France]
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The street runs beneath the Gros-Horloge, the medieval belfry in Rouen whose clock tower spans the roadway. Thomas Shotter Boys, an English artist who traveled in France drawing old towns and buildings, made this 1839 lithograph. It was issued as a plate in his illustrated volume on picturesque architecture, which reflected the period's taste for views of narrow, historic streets. The print shows how the tower closes off the lane and frames the passage, a sense of an older city that was already drawing admirers in the 1830s.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1839 |
| Subjects | Lithograph by Thomas Shotter Boys. Illus. in: Picturesque Architecture... This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Rare Bk. Div.; PI--Works; Hotels--France; France--Rouin; France--Paris; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,170 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130686 |
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