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33 - W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Saint-Martin d'Ainay in Lyon, around 1830, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Basilica Saint-Martin d'Ainay in Lyon, c. 1830, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower middle inscribed by the artist's hand: "Eglise d'Ainay a Lyon.". Upper left numbered: "No 18". Date: c. 1830 Description: View of the choir room and the pulpit of the small Romanesque former abbey church in the historic center of Lyon. The print 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: France, England, Great Britain, Architect, Drawing, Blestift, Church, Romanesque, Architectural style, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 19,0 cm x 29,3 cm (7,5 x 11,5 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins a little bit browned, overall faintly browned, only slightly spotted, a little bit soiled at margins, small pinholes at corners. Irregularly trimmed.

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W. CLARKE (1806-1865), Saint-Martin d'Ainay in Lyon, around 1830, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire - 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): Basilica Saint-Martin d'Ainay in Lyon, c. 1830, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Lower middle inscribed by the artist's hand: "Eglise d'Ainay a Lyon.". Upper left numbered: "No 18". Date: c. 1830 Description: View of the choir room and the pulpit of the small Romanesque former abbey church in the historic center of Lyon. The print 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: France, England, Great Britain, Architect, Drawing, Blestift, Church, Romanesque, Architectural style, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, France, Size: Paper: 19,0 cm x 29,3 cm (7,5 x 11,5 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Margins a little bit browned, overall faintly browned, only slightly spotted, a little bit soiled at margins, small pinholes at corners. Irregularly trimmed.

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