Les Vues d'Italie (Views of Italy)
Cooper Hewitt

Les Vues d'Italie (Views of Italy)

Dufour et Leroy · ca. 1830

Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Includes the Bay of Naples, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, tall ships in the harbor, and many figures attending to business and pleasure. 27 panels plus fragments of panels. Printed in a monochrome yellow ocher colorway, possibly called biche chamois.

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