A Panoramic View of Paris with the dome of the Invalides, Ntre Dame, Saint-Germain-des-prs, saint Sulpice, the Panthon, the monastery of Val de Grce and the fortress of Montrouge
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Charles de Randon* (19th century)
A Panoramic View of Paris with the dome of the Invalides, Ntre Dame, Saint-Germain-des-prs, saint Sulpice, the Panthon, the monastery of Val de Grce and the fortress of Montrouge
signed, dated and inscribed 'Ingr geographe Ch de Randon 1814'
watercolour and gouache on paper
22 x 35in. (57 x 90cm.)
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Randon was an Ingenieur Geographe militaire attached to the french troops during the Consulate (see C. Berthau, Les Ingenieurs geographes militaires de 1624 1831, 1902).