This anonymous panoramic view of lyon is taken halfway down the croix-rousse and is part of a set of 8 drawings. In the foreground: the croix-rousse on the saône side towards the south, with fields, vineyards and a convent; in the background: the carthusian church; in the background, on the right bank of the saône, the hill of fourvière with the carmes-déchaussés convent and the banks of the saône. Process: brown wash drawing. Rating: 17fi 37. Date: between 1780 and 1820.
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