Description: Source unknown, to be determined. Early lithograph with the adress of Godefroy Engelmann.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet'' after an anonymous artist. Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (1758-1835) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet. Born in Bordeaux, Vernet was a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lepicie. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. He was a painter of animals en genre scenes. He specialised in depiction of horses. Vernet worked with lithography and made many prints in this medium.
Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Ruines d'Ascalon.' - View of the ruins of Ascalon. Ascalon (Jos 13:3), a famous city of Palestine. This too was once one of the five satrapies of the Philistines, and was allotted to the tribe of Judah but never actually came into its hands, for (the tribe) could never conquer the Philistines who inhabited it.
Condition: Very good, given age. Very large margins. Creases in the margins (not affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 62.5 x 47 cm. The image size is ca. 62.5 x 47 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 24.6 x 18.5 inch. The image size is ca. 24.6 x 18.5 inch.
Medium: Crayon style lithograph on wove paper.
Location: TPCLA-B3-10
SKU: 53739
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS
