Sergent-Marceau, Marie Louise, 1753-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
1792.
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, bust directed to left, looking to front, with brown hair and beard, and black robe emblazoned with a white Malta cross; within oval."--British Museum online catalogue and "From 'Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France', a series of colour prints executed by Antoine Sergent, Marie Louise Cernel, Louis Le Coeur, Jean Baptiste Morret, Ridé and L. Roger, and published in Paris by Pierre Blin in 1786-1792. The series consists of a frontispiece, a lettered dedication to the King, ninety-two portraits and ninety-two figurative scenes in relation to the portraits (historical events, allegories, reproduction of a painting in the case of Poussin...). It was advertised in the Mercure de France, November 1786, p. 44, as 'Portraits des Grands Hommes', to be published monthly as four prints per livraison (two portraits, two actions) at eight livres per livraison."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Description:
Title etched below image., Year of publication etched beneath lower border of oval portrait, centered between artist and printmaker signatures., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and plate cut in half, with image separated from title and imprint statement lost. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1869,0612.202., Printed with several plates; see British Museum online catalogue., Letter "K" etched in upper left corner; "No. 9" etched in upper right corner., Image mounted on page 137 and text (lacking imprint statement) mounted on page 148 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Anne Hyde, first wife of James II, half length, head directed to right but looking at viewer; wearing pearls in her hair, around her neck and looped onto her dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Description:
Title from French verses etched below image., A copy by Mary Beale of the original painting by Lely was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Framed by a decorative border, Chatham stands supported by crutches, with right arm upraised, speaking from behind a balustrade, with onlookers to either side. Probably a representation of his last speech in Parliament, given 7 April 1778, with a line from the text of his speech given below
Alternative Title:
William Pitt and Il faut déclarer la guerre à la France
Description:
Title from item., First state, with printmaker's and artist's names engraved on the plate, of no. 5478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Possibly a book illustration.
Probable book illustration. Chatham stands supported by crutches, with right arm upraised, speaking from behind a balustrade, with onlookers to either side. Probably a representation of his last speech in Parliament, given 7 April 1778, with a line from the text of his speech given below
Alternative Title:
William Pitt and Il faut déclarer la guerre à la France
Description:
Title from item., Artist and engraver from earlier state., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed into design.
Portrait, half-length, in an oval border surrounded by laurel; adorned at the top with streamers and supported below by angels sitting on a pedestal
Alternative Title:
Elle sçait les beaux Arts, elle est noble elle est belle ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Four lines of verse etched within pedestal at bottom of image: Elle sçait les beaux Arts, elle est noble elle est belle; mais outre sa beauté sa douceur ses appas, on trouve cent vertus en elle, que ce portrait n'exprime pas., Printmaker from Les graveurs de portraits en France., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 250 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Mounted in the center of a wash drawing (23.2 x 33 cm) entitled: View of Rochers, the country house of Madame Sevigné, in Britagne., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de, 1619-1679