• presentation of the engraving reproduction without a frame
  • Vintage illustration of buildings and people on a hillside
  • Beige color swatch with a textured pattern
  • Close-up of textured beige paper with a square cutout
  • Text 'Paris, pub. par A.' on a textured beige background
  • Close-up of beige and white textured paper
  • Text 'emercier Paris' on a textured beige background
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Antique bird's eye view of Nice, 1849

SKU:  195109

Antique bird's eye view of Nice, 1849

€57,04 EUR
€57,04 EUR
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This extraordinary aerial view of Nice, titled “Vue prise au-dessus de Montalban”, was created in 1849 by Alfred Guesdon (1808–1876) and A. Hauser, as part of the monumental series L’Italie à vol d’oiseau (“Italy from a Bird’s-Eye View”). Combining artistry, technical mastery, and topographical precision, the work captures the French Riviera city of Nice from an elevated, panoramic perspective, long before the advent of aerial photography.

Drawn from a high vantage point above Montalban Hill, the view extends over the entire Baie des Anges, revealing Nice’s coastal beauty, urban landscape, and surrounding countryside in exquisite detail. The city’s Old Town (Vieux-Nice), the harbor, and the Promenade des Anglais are depicted with remarkable accuracy, alongside the orderly grid of newer districts that emerged during the 19th century.

Guesdon’s method combined architectural drawing, landscape observation, and lithographic artistry. His panoramic compositions were based on extensive field sketches and mathematical perspective, allowing him to recreate cities as they would appear from above—a revolutionary approach in the age before aviation.

Printed in Paris using fine lithography, this view exemplifies the romantic fascination with travel, geography, and the picturesque that defined mid-19th-century European art. Each sheet in Guesdon’s series was both a scientific document and a visual celebration of urban grandeur.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* AirMail option: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: : The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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