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Edouard Riou — Turkish paddle steamer on the Suez Canal — 50 x 40 cm. - vs. 1870

€160,00 EUR
€160,00 EUR
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[After Edouard Riou] Eugène Cicéri — Turkish paddle steamer going up the Suez Canal — color lithograph — Lemercier — circa 1870.

Very good condition. Slightly faded colors. Period frame. Small bubble in the glass under the image in the center (see photos above).

Lithograph from the series produced by Riou - future illustrator of Jules Verne for Hetzel editions - at the request of Ferdinand de Lesseps for his ' Picturesque Journey through the Isthmus of Suez', commemorating the inauguration of the canal in 1869 by the Empress Eugenie .
The lithograph is shipped without its frame.

Dimensions: 46 x 35.5 cm. Frame: 50 x 40 cm.