FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1768 - Lot 38

FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1768 Four views of the Domaine de Bruchvald, Alsace, 1768 Pen and black ink, gray and brown wash, touches of watercolor H. 37 cm - L. 99 cm (on view) on several sheets DB Monogrammed and dated "D.B.B.F. anno 1768". Inscribed in cartouches "BRUCHVALD / à Monsieur de Lambert Mal de / Camp Directr des fortifications d'Alsace / VEU DU NORD AU SUD / où du Costé du Canal" "PLAN / PERPSPECTIVE/ DE BRUCHVALD VUË DE / l'Est a l'Ouest / où du Costé des Jardins" "PLAN/PERPECTIVE / DE BRUCHVALD VUË / de l'Ouest a l'Est / où du Costé de l'Entrée" "BRUCHVALD / A Mr DE LAMBERT / Mal de Camp Directr des Fortifons d'Alsace/VUE/du SUD au NORD" Slight foxing, rare spotting on one. According to the details of a small map on one of the plans, the estate was located along the Bruche canal, opposite Ernolsheim and Kolbsheim. Provenance : Scheidecker family at Château de Lutzelhouse (Bas-Rhin) [4]