Departement de la Loire-Inférieure (Lower Loire) was renamed to Loire-Atlantique in 1957.
The plate was painted after 1817 engraving by the famous Austrian engraver Benedict Piringer, from a set he did after drawings by C Thienon of Chateau Clissons near Nantes in France.
The engraving was titled Vue de Clisson et de la maison Valentin.
The works where published by P Didot, L’Ainé in 1817.