Antique Hand-Colored Map Engraving of Seine, France, 1830s

This antique engraving, dating to the 1830s, depicts Seine, the historic French department that once encompassed Paris and its surrounding area before its reorganization in 1968. Found in Paris, the map is rendered within a decorative circular cartouche, hand-colored to trace its regional boundaries and crowned with an ornamental crest and starburst border in the tradition of French decorative cartography. Presented with a matte, the framed size measures 7" x 5", matching the earlier Jura piece. A distinctive find for map collectors or anyone drawn to antique works on paper with historical charm.