Luxembourg Palace Garden Front, Paris, Engraving after Thomas Allom, c. 1845
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1845
Mapmaker / artist
Thomas Allom (artist), E. Radclyffe (engraver)
Publisher
Not named on the sheet (Fisher, Son and Co. plate)
Technique
Steel engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13194-109
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light wear to the top right and bottom left corners. Light age toning; light handling soiling along the edges and a few small spots in the margins. Printed image clean.
About this sheet
A steel engraving of the garden front of the Luxembourg Palace, Paris, drawn by Thomas Allom and engraved by E. Radclyffe.
The view looks across the parterre toward the long garden front of the palace, with its central dome and pavilions. Behind it rise the two towers of Saint-Sulpice. Fashionable couples lean on the stone balustrade in the foreground, children run past great vases held up by carved figures, and strollers fill the gravel walks between the clipped beds.
The plate is lettered "Drawn by T. Allom" and "Engraved by E. Radclyffe", with the title "Garden Front of the Luxembourg, Paris" and captions in French and German, "Façade du Luxembourg, côté du jardin" and "Façade des Luxembourg, von der Seite des Gartens". This impression shows no publisher's line below the captions. The same plate, with the imprint of Fisher, Son and Co., belongs to Allom's views of France published in the 1840s, and this sheet is dated circa 1845.
The palace was built for Marie de' Medici in the early seventeenth century and became the seat of the French Senate. Allom was one of the finest architectural draughtsmen of the period, and his figures give the garden its lively, social air.
An elegant view for a living room or hallway, and a natural pair with other Paris views. The engraved image measures about 12.6 by 19.5 cm (height by width), and the margins around it carry all the original lettering, which is worth keeping visible in the mat.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
