Antique Print-CHATEAU OLIVIER-WINE-GIRONDE-AQUITAINE-FRANCE-Ducourneau-1842

Crayon style lithograph on a vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27.5 x 19 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 18 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.8 x 7.5 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 7.1 inch.

Plate: ‘Chateau d’Olivier. Pres Bordeaux – Gironde.’ (The Castle of Olivier near Bordeaux – Gironde, France). Chateau Olivier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Leognan appellation. The winery and vineyards are located south of the city of Bordeaux, in the commune of Leognan. This antique print originates from: ‘La Guienne historique et monumentale.’, by Alexandre Ducourneau, published in Bordeaux by P. Coudert, France, 1842. This is the most ambitious decription of the French Gironde region from the first half of the 19th. c.Artists and Engravers: Alexandre Ducourneau was a young journalist at the time from Agen. The lithographs were made in Bordeaux (Chauve, Lege, Faucher) or Paris workshops (Lemercier ou Desportes) by several artists amongst whom: Leo Drouyn, Jules Philippe and Frederic d’Andiran. This plate by Aumont and J. Desportes.

Condition: Good. General age related toning.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-CHATEAU OLIVIER-WINE-GIRONDE-AQUITAINE-FRANCE-DUCOURNEAU

(PCO) C118-39

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