ANTIQUE PRINT "VIEWS OF THE TURIN-GENOA RAILWAY" 1853

ANTIQUE PRINT, CROMOLITHOGRAPH, TITLE "VIADUCT ON THE RICCO' RIVER". THE VERY RARE PRINT WAS MADE FROM COPIES OF PAINTINGS EXECUTED BY THE PAINTER CARLO BOSSOLI FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE TURIN-GENOA RAILWAY LINE. THE PAINTER ALSO PAINTED GRANDIose PANORAMAS OF THE MAJOR EUROPEAN AND ITALIAN CITIES, URBAN VIEWS, TRANSLATED INTO ENGRAVINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS, PRINTED IN ITALY AND LONDON, ON OFFICIAL COMMISSIONS, SUCH AS THAT OF THE SABOYARD GOVERNMENT, THE VIEWS OF THE JUST-INaugURATED TURIN-GENOA RAILWAY, "VIEWS ON THE RAILWAY BETWEEN TURIN AND GENOA". 15 CROMOLITHOGRAPHS WERE MADE FROM IT. AUTHOR: SIGNED BY THEODOR PICKEN AFTER ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY CARLO BOSSOLI. DAY & SON LITHRS, TO THE QUEEN PERIOD: 1853 EXCELLENT CONDITION MEASUREMENTS: mm. 450 x 300 print only mm. 630 X 470