45 - W. CLARKE (1806–1865), Peyrolles-en-Provence, 1839, Pencil

W. CLARKE (1806–1865), Peyrolles-en-Provence, 1839, Pencil William Barnard Clarke (1806 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire – 1865 Freiburg im Breisgau): View of Peyrolles-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), 1839, pencil Technique: Washed pencil on paper Inscription: lower left, dated: “Peyroul May 15, 1839.” Date: 1839 Description: The drawing was created during 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 to Italy in 1839. In this view of the village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, the distinctive 17th-century bell gable of the 12th-century Chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre, located in the right half of the picture, is particularly striking. Keywords: Southern France; France; England; Great Britain; England; Architect; Church; City; Travel; Pencil; Drawing; 19th century; Romanticism; Landscape; France; Size: Paper: 17.4 cm x 26.7 cm (6.9 x 10.5 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Margins somewhat browned; overall faintly browned; faintly soiled at the margins. Small holes at the corners. Irregularly trimmed.