Black and white drawing of a courtyard or construction site with a large medieval building on the left; many people working, horse-drawn carts and wagons; buildings in background. The large medieval building features a slanted roof with multiple towers or turrets; rectangular in shape with a tall bell tower on the right; several steeply pitched roofs on right; buildings behind. The people wear old-fashioned clothes; the workers are unclad from the waist up; one man holds a shovel; workers on ground; people near horse-drawn carts; people on a hill on left side. There are horse-drawn carts and wagons throughout; some covered with wood; many horses; a few with riders; one unhitched horse. The background features buildings behind wall; tall tower; foggy or hazy. The artist's signature is in bottom-right corner; monogram in bottom-left corner. The drawing or print appears on a light-colored background; it has a thin black border; white background. The scene depicts "Old Sorbonne" by Auguste Louis Lepère.
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- 1263 × 592 px
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