Pugin's Paris & its environs

Versailles, Fontainebleau and the palaces and bridges of Paris before its great nineteenth-century rebuilding fill these pri...

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Versailles, Fontainebleau and the palaces and bridges of Paris before its great nineteenth-century rebuilding fill these prints from Pugin's Paris & its environs, published in London by Jennings & Chaplin in 1831. The drawings were made under Pugin's direction, with the engraving supervised by Charles Heath. The tour runs from the Palais Royal and the Luxembourg to Meudon and Vincennes, with views along the Seine around the Pont Royal. Fountains, barriers, canals, markets and institutional buildings widen the scene beyond the court, and interiors and courtyards reveal spaces no distant prospect could show.

Versailles, Fontainebleau and the palaces and bridges of Paris before its great nineteenth-century rebuilding fill these prints from Pugin's Paris & its environs, published in London by Jennings & Chaplin in 1831. The drawings were made under Pugin's direction, with the engraving supervised by Charles Heath. The tour runs from the Palais Royal and the Luxembourg to Meudon and Vincennes, with views along the Seine around the Pont Royal. Fountains, barriers, canals, markets and institutional buildings widen the scene beyond the court, and interiors and courtyards reveal spaces no distant prospect could show.

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