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Auguste Louis Lepère — Frontispiece:  Le long de la Seine et des Boulevards

Auguste Louis Lepère

Frontispiece: Le long de la Seine et des Boulevards

1870

Created as a frontispiece for a publication about Seine riverside life, this wood engraving demonstrates the medium's capacity for fine linear detail in depicting urban scenes.

Medium
wood engraving

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