Caption

View of the Rue de la Banque, print, printmaker: Alfred Taiée, Paris, publisher: Alfred Cadart, 1878-02, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 287 mm x width 216 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', street, A detailed sepia-toned etching shows a narrow city street lined with tall, multi-story buildings on both sides and a large leafless tree with intricate branches filling the foreground; the buildings display rows of windows, balconies with railings, projecting awnings, and decorative façades, and a few small human figures appear on balconies and near windows; the street recedes toward a distant cluster of buildings beneath a sky rendered with layered, horizontal strokes suggesting clouds, and the scene includes shadows and fine linear textures across architecture, tree bark, and pavement.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_239

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.6Mb (12.2Mb) / 9.9in x 16.3in / 2975 x 4891 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Rue de la Banque print printmaker Alfred Taiée Paris publisher Alfred Cadart 1878-02 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 287 mm x width 216 mm city-view general veduta street detailed sepia-toned etching narrow city street lined tall multi-story buildings sides large leafless tree intricate branches filling foreground buildings display rows windows balconies railings projecting awnings decorative façades small human figures near windows street recedes distant cluster buildings beneath sky rendered layered horizontal strokes suggesting clouds scene includes shadows fine linear textures across architecture tree bark pavement