Louis Pierre BALTARD (1764-1846). "Vue de la Lanterne de Démosthène prise d'une des avenues du Parc de St Cloud". Engraving in black (a small hole in the plate, a larger one in the margin, pitting, slightly sunned). Dim. at throat: Height. : 27 cm - Width : 34 cm Note: Built in 1803, under the French Consulate, the Lanterne de Démosthène was a garden structure on the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, designed as a tower-belvedere and monumental landmark in the park's composition. Inspired by Antiquity, it was part of the neoclassical vocabulary in vogue at the time. The lantern could also be illuminated to signal the Emperor's presence at the château. The monument was destroyed in 1870.