Artist: Jean-Baptiste Hilair (French, 1753 - after 1822), after.
Etcher: Carl Guillaume Weisbrod (German, French 1743-1806).
Engraver: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, French 1749-1818).
Title: Halte Des Voyageurs Pres De Dourlach, Dans La Carie. (Halt of Travelers).
Signed, Numbered and Titled in plate: Dessin par J.B.Hilair; Halte Des Voyageurs Pres De Dourlach, Dans La Carie; Termin au burin par H.Guttenberg le Jeune et gravé a l'eau forte par C.Weisbrod; A.P.D.R. (Avec Privilege du Roi); Pl. 74. Stamp of Soviet custom in blue ink "Allowed for export from the USSR" verso.
Dimensions: Image 8 1/2" x 13 1/2". Sheet 11 3/4" x 16".
Publisher: Comte Marie Gabriel Florent Auguste De Choiseul-Gouffier (France 1752-1817).
Edition: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier. Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. Paris, J.-J. Blaise, (1782 1st volume, 1809 2nd volume, 1822 3rd volume, 1842 2nd edition)
Date: 1782.
Materials and Techniques: etching on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Victoria and Albert Museum SP.317.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French Art XVIII C.
Note: Caria was a region of western Anatolia.