Title etched below image., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on verso of a drawing mounted on page 66 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grignan, Françoise Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de, 1646-1705,
"Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and attributes of comedy in lower part. ... Ribbon at bottom with verses [in Latin] by Horat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Description:
Title from from text within cartouche at top of image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement and with verses from Chenier engraved below image instead of a dedication. For a different state with the imprint "A Paris chez le Sr De Mailly, Quay de l'Ecole près le Louvre Avec Privilége du Roy", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.236., Place and date of publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art online collection database, accession no.: 1943-50-23., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and multilated in lower left corner, resulting in partial loss of artist's name., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 187 (leaf numbered '228' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Champigny, Jean Bochart, chevalier de, 1712-approximately 1787, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1777]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "Gravé pour l'histoire d'Angleterre de Champigny.", Plate from: Champigny, J.B. Nouvelle histoire générale d'Angleterre, depuis l'origine la plus reculée de ce royaume, jusqu'a l'année MDCCLXXX. Amsterdam : Aux dépens de l'auteur, 1777., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on paper support: 360 x 280 mm.
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