Ambroise Louis Garneray
1ère Vue d'Aigleville, Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile (1st View of Aigleville, Colony of Texas or Field of Asylum)

1ère Vue d'Aigleville, Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile (1st View of Aigleville, Colony of Texas or Field of Asylum)

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1ère Vue d'Aigleville, Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile (1st View of Aigleville, Colony of Texas or Field of Asylum)
PublisherParis, active late 18th century
CultureFrench
Titles
  • 1ère Vue d'Aigleville, Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile (1st View of Aigleville, Colony of Texas or Field of Asylum)
Datec. 1819
Place depictedUnited States
PlaceFrance
MediumMezzotint with etching, engraving and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 11 × 13 5/16 in. (27.9 × 33.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (30.2 × 38.4 cm) (irregular)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.91.1
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: 1ere. Vue d'Aigleville, Colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile. / Occupations des nouveaux Colons. Fort Henri, chemin couvert qui mène au fort et habitation d'un Colon. / Na. La province du Texas touche au Nord, les contrées sauvages de la Louisiane, à l’Est la Nouvelle Orleáns, au sud le Golfe du Mexique et à l’Ouest St. Ander et Cohanisia séparés par la riviére del / Norte. Le Texas s’etend entre le 27°. et le 38°. dégré de latitude et entre le 96°. et le 10°. De longitude du méridien de Paris sa largeur varie du N” au S” de 75 à 150 lieues. et s a longueur del’E / à lO”est de 135 à 140 lieues les Espagnols le découvrurent en 1520. Les français s’y établirent en 1555. sous François 1er. Mais les Espagnols y revinrent en 1595.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right: Dessiné et gravé par Yerenrag.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left bottom edge: A Paris chez BASSET ru St. Jacques No. 64.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right bottome edge: Déposé au Bureau

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