Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the right; wearing a dress and cap over their hair, including a medal; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist based on companion print with the same title and imprint showing the sitter dressed as a woman., and Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the left; wearing the full military garb of a Captain of the Dragoons, including epaulets and medals; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age., and Print with foxing.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
"Portrait of Madame de Maintenon, bust-length directed to right and looking to front, her dark hair in an updo and dressed with pearls, and wearing a pearl earring and a pearl necklace, in an oval frame, surrounded by four medallions celebrating her virtues, and her coat of arms at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Françoise Daubigny Marquise de Maintenon
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.1341., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 96 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"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.