DUPRÉ, Louis. - Lot 6

DUPRÉ, Louis. The Temple of Theseus in Athens. [Paris], Imp. litho. de Melle Formentin, [ca 1825-1838]. Sheet (41.4 x 52.7 cm). Large black lithographed view (27 x 40.2 cm) on strong paper lining (discreet foxing, minor soiling). A fine proof of this view, lithographed and then lightly watercolored in the Theseïon period. With the Louis Dupré drystamp in the lower margin. Signed L. Dupré in the lower left image. Print of plate XXIV of Dupré's (1789-1837) Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, drawn from life in 1819 by the author, lithographed by Thierry frères, Mlle Formentin, Motte, Delpech, Sauvé, Lemercier or Benard et Cie, then finely watercolored by hand. [Greece - Acropolis].