Antique Print from Europe Illustrated
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| Type of print: |
Steel
engraving - Original vintage antique print |
| Year of printing: |
ca 1860 |
| Artist - Engraver
- Publisher: |
n/a - n/a - The London Printing and
Publishing Company Limited.
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| Condition: |
Excellent - Very good - Good - Fair. Light overall age toning of paper. Finger-smudge in upper left corner of print.
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Overall
dimensions of print:
Dimensions of image:
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Including
blank margins (not shown below): 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches.
(shown below): 5 x 7 1/4 NOTE: 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
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| Type of paper: |
Thick - Heavier, wove - Medium heavy - Slightly heavier - Thin. |
| Reverse side: |
Blank - With text or pictures. |
| Notes: |
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Description
of the subjects depicted in the print:
From
the original description:
Of the magnificent plain of Piedmont ¢ € ”so richly interspersed
with objects that powerfully arrest the stranger's attention ¢ € ”the great
and commanding feature is the city of Turin. The regularity of its plan,
the multiplicity of its public buildings, and the elaborate style of architecture
by which they are all more or less distinguished, give it an easy precedence
over every other capital in Europe. Its situation, at the confluence
of the Doria and the Po, is particularly happy; and the beauty of this
natural position has been most liberally seconded by the embellishments
of art. Though neither an extensive nor populous city, it is built with
admirable regularity; and, in a bird's eye view, exhibits its series of
streets and squares ¢ € ”all laid down with mathematical precision, and
presenting, in general, the most harmonious
proportions, The two principal architects employed in its construction,
were Guarini and Griuvara. Turin is about a league in circumference, and
surrounded by walks and drives which offer a delightful resource for exercise
or amusement. Formerly, the city was strongly defended by ramparts
and bastions; but these warlike securities have at last given place to
the public walks alluded to ¢ € ”a change by which the inhabitants have been
gainers in all that relates to health and pleasure. It contains thirteen
squares and eighty-four streets ¢ € ”the latter drawn in a straight line, and
crossing at right angles, so as to distribute the city into one hundred
and forty-five quartiers, or compartments. The four gates, namely, those
of Susa, the Po, the Palace, and Porta Nova, are all of handsome architecture,
particularly that of the Po on the east, and the Porta Nova on the south,
which are cased with marble and highly ornamented with statues and pillars.
To the stranger, nothing is more striking than the view presented to him
as he enters by the gate of Susa. The street is of great length, straight
as a line, and in the distance, where it terminates in the Piazza del Castello,
seems diminished to a point. The perspective is singularly fine. The buildings
which line the street are all of an imposing architecture; and, in many
instances, the house of the private citizen would pass for some elegant
public edifice. It seems, indeed, a street of palaces; and, although
surpassed by the Strada Novissima at Genoa, is unrivalled by any other
in Europe. As a characteristic feature in these domestic edifices,
every window is defended by projecting jalousies, or Venetian shutters,
and crowned with a handsome pediment. The entrance consists
of a vestibule ornamented with columns and pilasters; while the extremity
of the court, seen from the street, generally exhibits, some work of taste ¢ € ”in
sculpture or painting ¢ € ”calculated to please the eye. The Strada del Po,
flanked on each side by lofty arcades, and opening on the bridge, with
the new marble church in front, and a series of hills, sprinkled with villas,
is a delightful promenade, and available at all seasons,
whether for shade or shelter. On the opposite extremity it terminates in
the great square, where the old ducal palace of Savoy is an object of curiosity,
if not of taste ¢ € ”for it is the theatre of many dark deeds, and " could a
tale unfold" if it could find a historian.
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