Léon, Navellier, Narcisse & Marie, Alexandre
Narcisse Navellier and Alexandre Léon Marie engraved the French châteaux, fortresses and towns in this collection for V. A. ...
Read moreNarcisse Navellier and Alexandre Léon Marie engraved the French châteaux, fortresses and towns in this collection for V. A. Malte-Brun’s La France Illustrée, published in Paris by Jules Rouff on sheets dated from 1881 to 1884. Their subjects range across the departments: Hohenkoenigsbourg in Alsace, Bellevue near Sedan, Bussy in the Côte-d’Or, Polignac in the Haute-Loire, the château of Écouen and the town of Mâcon. Navellier lived from 1837 to 1907 and Marie from 1845 to 1917, and museum records show the two working together, turning drawings into printable blocks.
Narcisse Navellier and Alexandre Léon Marie engraved the French châteaux, fortresses and towns in this collection for V. A. Malte-Brun’s La France Illustrée, published in Paris by Jules Rouff on sheets dated from 1881 to 1884. Their subjects range across the departments: Hohenkoenigsbourg in Alsace, Bellevue near Sedan, Bussy in the Côte-d’Or, Polignac in the Haute-Loire, the château of Écouen and the town of Mâcon. Navellier lived from 1837 to 1907 and Marie from 1845 to 1917, and museum records show the two working together, turning drawings into printable blocks.