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Hand-coloured etching of a wide tree-lined city street receding in perspective, with crowds, carts and figures in the foreground under a blue sky.

The main thoroughfare of Marseille during the plague of 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.

A hand-coloured etching in linear perspective shows a wide, tree-lined boulevard receding toward a distant gate, with classical stone buildings on both sides. In the foreground, figures in red, blue and green sit, lie and crowd around carts and a draped stretcher, while small figures dot the street.

Artist
Michel Serre
Date
[between 1700 and 1799]
Medium
Perspective projections Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2625 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1799.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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