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The image shows a landscape with a bird's-eye view and a wide expanse. The horizon is placed high in the composition, with faint outlines of distant structures and hills visible. Detailed depictions of trees and structures are seen in the foreground, with fields and roads stretching into the distance. A path lined by trees leads into the scene from the left. The image has a monochromatic color palette, highlighting the black lines of the etching against a pale background.
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The image shows a landscape with a bird's-eye view and a wide expanse. The horizon is placed high in the composition, with faint outlines of distant structures and hills visible. Detailed depictions of trees and structures are seen in the foreground, with fields and roads stretching into the distance. A path lined by trees leads into the scene from the left. The image has a monochromatic color palette, highlighting the black lines of the etching against a pale background.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bastion 49

Maxime Lalanne

Date
1871
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 8.8 × 14.1 cm (3 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.) plate: 16.2 × 20.9 cm (6 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.4 × 30 cm (10 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2021.113.27
Credit line
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Road
  • Building
  • Figures
Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Inscription

in plate lower right: Lalanne; lower left in graphite: Bastion 49 un fortification du Paris; bottom left: 2738; 961; bottom center: L78; verso: 3.79

NGA object ID 224047. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.