Skyros Athens & Attica solid-wood with gold finish and

solid-wood with gold finish and an eighteenth century inspired style

View of the rocks of Suli in Northern Greece

Chania | Crete

Internal Dimensions – plate mark: 37 x 25cm

Date: 1853

Skyros Athens & Attica solid-wood with gold finish andA rare and beautiful view of the island of Skyros, from C. Gouffiers Voyage Pittoresque de la Grce. Auguste de Choiseul Gouffier whose passion for ancient Greece led him to travel to the country in 1776 accompanied by an entourage of prominent artists and scholars. His monumental publication was received with enthusiasm in France. Gouffier was granted membership to the Acadmie Franaise and subsequently became the Ambassador of Constantinople. An