Anonymous, french school – (draft general plan of the Pont-Neuf at Champs-Elysées, 1790

Anonymous, french school
End of XVIIIth century
Etching and engraving

Good impression formed of two assembled platemark. Three old soft handling folds; oxidation of the sheet; some defects in the good margins. Very interesting plan presenting the Poyet project, architect of the King and the city of Paris. A round square is in the middle of the Louvre, a colonnaded facade would be created in front of St Germain l’Auxerrois, part of the Louvre would become town hall…