Vue Des Salinelles pres de Paterno

Rare aquatint by of the Salinelles taken from the town of Paterno, bear Catania, Sicily by Jean Pierre Houel. 

Rare aquatint of Sicily from Houel’s, Voyage Pittoresque des Isles de Sicilie, de Malte, et de Lipari .

The series was made after Houel’s second trip to Italy. He had spent three years in Sicily and made numerous drawings of archaeological sites, views and natural phenomena. The most important series of views of these islands recording many sites that no longer exist. All of the aquatints were produced by Houel.