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Versailles, galeries historiques dédiées à S.M. la reine des français

Gavard, Charles, 1794- · 1838 · Paris : Ch. Gavard, editeur, rue du Marché-St-Honoré · 25 pictures

Versailles, galeries historiques is an 1838 Paris album published by Charles Gavard, issued in homage to Queen Marie-Amélie of the French, presenting the palace's history galleries through engraved plates. The pictures are sepia-free black-and-white steel engravings of ornate halls, garden fêtes, and ceremonial scenes rendered with fine parallel hatching, offering a designer dense period ornament, architectural perspective, and classical framing devices.

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) · Musée national de Versailles · Art -- France -- Versailles · France -- History -- Pictorial works · France -- Biography -- Portraits · France -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits · Kings and rulers · France · France -- Versailles

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