Here we have the 1742 view of the building of light which was in front of the palace of his Excellency Monsignor the Marshal Duke of Belle-Isle. The below image is titled and described:
For right now let's concentrate on the illumination issues.
KD: Quite remarkable, considering the year was 1742... What could be the source of those lights?
- Veue de l'edifice de lumiere qui êtoit en face du palais de Son Excellence Mgr le mareschal duc de Belle-Isle, Chevalier des Ordres du Roy et de la Toison d'Or Ambassadeur extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire en Allemagne, Gravé à Paris au mois d'Aoust 1742, Dessiné sur le lieu par Dumouy Ing. et Geog. du Roy, Par son très humble serviteur Gautier de Marseille.
- Gravure représentant les festivités organisées par le diplomate français Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, à Francfort-sur-le-Main (Frankfurt am Main) pour le couronnement de Charles VII, le 12 février 1742.
- Charles VII (ou Karl VII ou Karl Albrecht von Bayern), Fils de Maximilien-Emmanuel de Bavière de la maison de Wittelsbach, a été Électeur de Bavière, Comte palatin du Haut-Palatinat et Empereur du Saint-Empire-Romain-Germanique de 1742 à 1745
- View of the building of light which was in front of the palace of His Excellency the Marschal Duke of Belle-Isle, Knight of the Orders of the King and of the Golden Fleece Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Germany, Engraved in Paris in the month of August 1742, Drawn on the spot by Dumouy Ing. and Geog. du Roy, By his very humble servant Gautier of Marseille.
- Engraving depicting the festivities organized by the French diplomat Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle, in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt am Main) for the coronation of Charles VII, on February 12, 1742.
- Charles VII (or Karl VII or Karl Albrecht von Bayern), Son of Maximilian-Emmanuel of Bavaria of the house of Wittelsbach, was Elector of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Upper Palatinate and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1742 to 1745.
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For right now let's concentrate on the illumination issues.
KD: Quite remarkable, considering the year was 1742... What could be the source of those lights?