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,
A portrait of the Pretender, shown three-quarters length to the waist and looking to the right, in an oval fraome. He is wearing robes, collar, abd jewel of the Garter; a lace cravat and full-bottomed wig. Statement of responsibility and chronogram engraved in the frame above and below
Description:
Title engraved in oval frame around portrait., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: James III Pretender of England &c. and Knight of St. James., Publication date from book in which this print was published., "S.A. Belle's portrait of the Pretender is well known"--British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Chronogram inscribed on lower portion of the oval frame enclosing the portrait: TeMpore DVro fILIVs rege natV's habetVr ast non qVIbVsqVe [i.e. 1688]., Four lines of verse in French at the bottom of design: O! Prince infortuné, joüet de la fortune ..., Four ines of verse in Dutch below the design: Heeft u't fortuin de rug tot dus ver toegekeerd ..., Plate 21 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 42 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Chez le Sr. Belle, rue du Four Faubourg S. Germain attenant la porte de la Foire
"Portrait of probably one of Cornelis de Vos' children (Susanna?), seated in a baby chair and wearing a cap, playing with some sweets."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Cornelis de Vos that was formerly attributed to Peter Paul Rubens. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1869,0410.968., Four lines of text below title: A Monseigneur le Marquis de Grimaldi, Chevalier de l'Ordre du Saint Esprit ..., "Tiré du cabinet de Monseigneur le prince de Monaco."--Lower left corner of plate., "Par son très-humble et très obéissant serviteur Salvador."--Lower right corner of plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 188 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
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.