Caption

View of the tower of Saint-Laurent in Rouen, La tour saint Laurent à Rouen, French etching from 1877, L'eau-forte en 1877, print, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: Henri Alexandre Saffrey, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1877, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 281 mm x width 200 mm, tower, clock tower, monumental adornment, Rouen, A detailed pen-and-ink scene shows a tall, ornate stone tower with Gothic arches and open tracery rising above a cluster of adjoining buildings, the tower's facade featuring pointed windows and decorative stonework while the lower entrance sits beneath an archway; surrounding the tower are narrow, multi-story houses with steeply pitched roofs, timber framing, and chimneys, lining a broad plaza that has young leafless trees supported by stakes; the sky above is filled with textured, swirling clouds rendered with fine hatching, and the foreground pavement shows linear shading and subtle irregularities.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_191

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.3Mb (9.9Mb) / 9.3in x 14.7in / 2787 x 4421 (300dpi)

Keywords

View tower Saint-Laurent Rouen La tour saint Laurent à Rouen French etching 1877 L'eau-forte en 1877 print collector's mark AFE v S printmaker Henri Alexandre Saffrey publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 281 mm x width 200 mm clock tower monumental adornment detailed pen- -ink scene tall ornate stone tower Gothic arches open tracery rising cluster adjoining buildings tower's facade featuring pointed windows decorative stonework lower entrance sits beneath archway surrounding narrow multi-story houses steeply pitched roofs timber framing chimneys lining broad plaza young leafless trees supported stakes sky filled textured swirling clouds rendered fine hatching foreground pavement linear shading subtle irregularities