book;
print
- Museum number
- 1958,0712.3001.1-13
- Title
- Object: Voyage historique et pittoresque du comté de Nice.
- Description
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Book containing 11 unnumbered views of France, with a title-page, a dedication to Prince William Henry Duke of Gloucester, a preface by the author, a topographical map, an introductory text of 7 pages by Jean François Albanis de Beaumont and a page with explanation of the individual prints; half-bound in brown leather and marbled paper, with gold stamping and a label with the title on the spine, Geneva, 1787
Etchings, with hand-colouring:
1) Frontispiece with two lions on an architectural frieze holding flags, weapons and a banner with the inscription 'Honni soit qui mal y pense', and a dedication to Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (no title)
2) A topographical map of the coast of Nice with numbered references to points of interest that relate to a key, titled 'Cote de Nice'
3) 'Le golfe de Saint-Auspice'
4) 'La vue de la Turbie au-dessus de Monaco'
5) 'L'intérieur du cirque de Cimier ou Cimenelium'
6) 'L'intérieur du cirque de Frejus ou Forum Julii'
7) 'La vue du château de Saint-André'
8) 'La grotte de Saint-André'
9) 'La vue du Vard'
10) 'La vue de l'église Saint-Ponce & de la vallée de ce nom'
11) 'L'entrée du port de Lympia & les deux extrêmités de la ville'
12) 'La vue de l'intérieur du port de Lympia, ainsi que du château de Mont-Alban'
13) 'La vue d'une grande partie de la côte de Nice'
- Production date
- 1787
- Dimensions
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Height: 260 millimetres (approx. size of image)
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Height: 486 millimetres (book)
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Width: 324 millimetres
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Width: 450 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- According to the page with explanation of the individual prints, this publication included twelve plates. The example in the Lloyd collection is therefore missing the last plate, a view of the harbour of Ville-Franche.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST, NONE OF THE PRINTS OR DRAWINGS BEQUEATHED BY R. W. LLOYD MAY BE LENT OUTSIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Registration Numbers 1958,0712.318 to 3149).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1958,0712.3001.1-13