R. Jennings, London

Paris of the late 1820s, its fountains, palaces, opera house and even its pumping works, fills these prints published by R. ...

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Paris of the late 1820s, its fountains, palaces, opera house and even its pumping works, fills these prints published by R. Jennings of London for the Paris and its Environs series. The drawings were prepared under A. Pugin’s direction and the engraving supervised by Charles Heath, and individual plates credit artists including Nash, T. T. Bury and Benjamin Ferrey and engravers such as Henshall, Tingle and Romney; the Pugin signatures vary, one marked as a junior credit, so not every drawing is by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Dated 1828 and 1829, the views take in the Hôtel de Ville, the main post office and the Gros-Caillou pumping works as well as churches and palaces.

Paris of the late 1820s, its fountains, palaces, opera house and even its pumping works, fills these prints published by R. Jennings of London for the Paris and its Environs series. The drawings were prepared under A. Pugin’s direction and the engraving supervised by Charles Heath, and individual plates credit artists including Nash, T. T. Bury and Benjamin Ferrey and engravers such as Henshall, Tingle and Romney; the Pugin signatures vary, one marked as a junior credit, so not every drawing is by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Dated 1828 and 1829, the views take in the Hôtel de Ville, the main post office and the Gros-Caillou pumping works as well as churches and palaces.

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