Door of the Town Hall of Lüneburg, Antique Print, 1851

This is an original antique chromolithograph, printed in bright blue, red and pale wood tones, lettered "PORTE A L'HÔTEL DE VILLE DE LUNEBOURG (Hanôvre.)" A single pointed arched door is drawn flat and frontally inside its plain timber frame. The planks are covered with rows of small iron studs and with regular rows of round openings, each a blue square set in a red ring. A smaller pointed arch is outlined within the larger one. Red iron straps with rosette bosses cross the door, two long strap hinges reach in from the left, and a large ring handle on a square plate sits at the right of center.

The running head reads "LE MOYEN-AGE ET LA RENAISSANCE." and "SERRURERIE." (locksmith's work). The credits are "F. Séré del.", "Chromolith. Lemercier, Paris." and "H. Moulin, lith.", with "F. Séré direxit" at the foot. In English the caption reads: Door at the town hall of Lüneburg (Hanover). Séré drew the plate, Moulin put it on stone and Lemercier printed it in color.

Le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance was edited by Paul Lacroix, who also wrote as the Bibliophile Jacob, with Ferdinand Séré directing the illustrations, and it was published in Paris in five volumes between 1848 and 1851. The work surveys the manners, customs, trade, industry, sciences and arts of Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and its chapters were illustrated with plates after objects in museums, churches and private collections of the day. This plate belongs to the fourth volume, issued in 1851.

The plate can be framed on its own or hung in a small group with other plates from the work.

This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.