Voyage pittoresque de la France : avec la description de toutes ses provinces : ouvrage national dédié au Roi et orne d'un grand nombre de gravures exécutées avec les plus grand soin d'après les dessins des meilleurs artistes
Voyage pittoresque de la France is a national travel survey of French provinces, published in Paris by Lamy between 1791 and 1800 and dedicated to the king. The four plates shown are rotated engraved townscapes and views of Mantua, a fortress, and Montmorency-style hilltop towns, with broad skies and tiny figures in the foreground. A designer could take from them the layout of panoramic riverside vistas, dramatic cloud banks, and the compact stacking of buildings along a skyline.
