Bilder Desprez de Saint-Savin (fl. 1735), after – Illustration of a Fortified Gunpowder Factory – Copperplate engraving (c. 1770)

Beskrivning

This copperplate engraving illustrates the Fabrique de la Poudre (Gunpowder Factory), showing a secure, fortified structure situated strategically on a cliff overlooking the water. The design highlights the multi-tiered defensive walls and ramparts required to protect the facility, emphasizing the military importance and inherent danger of manufacturing and storing gunpowder in the 18th century. The scene suggests the difficulty of access and the integration of the facility into its defensive landscape.

Desprez de Saint-Savin was a figure associated with military history and illustration in the early 18th century. His work provided technical and historical depictions of military operations and installations that were influential enough to be reproduced in later 18th-century military manuals and histories, often published by prominent cartographers like Georges-Louis Le Rouge.

Artist or Maker: Desprez de Saint-Savin, after

Dimensions: Approximately 20 cm x 13 cm

Medium: Copperplate engraving

Date: c. 1770

Condition Report:
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