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W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Tarascon Castle on the banks of the Rhône, 1838, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Burg Tarascon am Rhône-Ufer (Bouches-du-Rhône), 1838, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower right dated: "Tarrascon Dec. 23". Date: 1838 Description: View of the side of the medieval fortress of Tarascon facing away from the river with its characteristic round towers. The sheet was created on a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later on to Italy in 1839. Keywords: South of France, France, England, Great Britain, England, architect, castle, Middle Ages, river, bank, journey, pencil, drawing, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 18,9 cm x 27,8 cm (7,4 x 10,9 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins somewhat browned, overall somewhat browned, only very slightly soiled at margins, small pinholes in corners, lower right corner missing, lower margin wavy. Irregularly trimmed.

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W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Tarascon Castle on the banks of the Rhône, 1838, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Burg Tarascon am Rhône-Ufer (Bouches-du-Rhône), 1838, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower right dated: "Tarrascon Dec. 23". Date: 1838 Description: View of the side of the medieval fortress of Tarascon facing away from the river with its characteristic round towers. The sheet was created on a journey that took the English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer, art collector, numismatist and literary translator William Barnard Clarke to France between 1838 and 1839 and later on to Italy in 1839. Keywords: South of France, France, England, Great Britain, England, architect, castle, Middle Ages, river, bank, journey, pencil, drawing, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 18,9 cm x 27,8 cm (7,4 x 10,9 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins somewhat browned, overall somewhat browned, only very slightly soiled at margins, small pinholes in corners, lower right corner missing, lower margin wavy. Irregularly trimmed.

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Estimate 450 - 600 EUR
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