Tardieu, Ambroise
1822

Plan General du Port de Boulogne

Plan General du Port de Boulogne Avec le Dispositions Proposee par le Chef Militaire Pour Sortir du Port dans une Maree 300 Batiment Portant une Armee de 66000 Hommes

DESCRIPTION: Finely engraved map / plan of Boulogne harbor engraved by Ambroise Tardieu in 1822 (dated) with disposition of marine forces during the Campaign of 1803. Focus is on dozens of ships docked both in the river and in the hemispherical 'Bassin de la Flotille'. Bottom contains detailed French text keyed to locational numbers on the map; for example "Depot des Gardiens de la Chaine de Entrée". This antique copperplate engraving probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."

Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology.

CREATOR: Tardieu, Ambroise

PUBLICATION DATE: 1822

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: France

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CONDITION: Very good.  Strong impression and platemark. Clean white wove paper. One small stain top right quadrant. Very light offsetting on bottom half.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Tardieu

SIZE: 18 " x 14 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 89

PRICE: $175

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