Gate in Tangier, Une porte à Tangier., Illustration Nouvelle, print, Numbered top right: 428., printmaker: Benjamin Constant (1845-1902), France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 272 mm x width 199 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, gate, entrance, North Africa, Tangier, An archway carved into a stone wall fills the upper portion of the image, with successive darkened arches receding into the distance and a bright circular opening visible through them; to the right of the arch a shadowed vertical wall is textured with crosshatched shading; near the archway entrance several figures in flowing robes are depicted in sketchy, hatched lines, some standing and some seated, and one mounted figure on a horse is shown in profile with the rider wearing a headwrap and holding a long staff; in the foreground more robed figures and draped fabrics are rendered with energetic, varied hatchwork, and the ground...
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Gate in Tangier, Une porte à Tangier., Illustration Nouvelle, print, Numbered top right: 428., printmaker: Benjamin Constant (1845-1902), France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1878, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 272 mm x width 199 mm, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, gate, entrance, North Africa, Tangier, An archway carved into a stone wall fills the upper portion of the image, with successive darkened arches receding into the distance and a bright circular opening visible through them; to the right of the arch a shadowed vertical wall is textured with crosshatched shading; near the archway entrance several figures in flowing robes are depicted in sketchy, hatched lines, some standing and some seated, and one mounted figure on a horse is shown in profile with the rider wearing a headwrap and holding a long staff; in the foreground more robed figures and draped fabrics are rendered with energetic, varied hatchwork, and the ground is shaded with dense lines creating a sense of depth and shadow.

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Gate Tangier porte à Tangier Illustration Nouvelle print Numbered top right 428 printmaker Benjamin Constant 1845-1902 France publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris 1878 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 272 mm x width 199 mm riding horse ass mule rider horseman gate entrance North Africa archway carved stone wall fills upper portion image successive darkened arches receding distance bright circular opening visible them right arch shadowed vertical wall textured crosshatched shading near archway entrance several figures flowing robes depicted sketchy hatched lines standing seated mounted figure shown profile rider wearing headwrap holding long staff foreground robed figures draped fabrics rendered energetic varied hatchwork ground shaded dense lines creating sense depth shadow

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