Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 9 prints : etchings; 24.4 x 21.6 cm or smaller.

Summary

1. Portraits of 19th-century French artists, writers, and politicians, including Cogniet, Dumas fils, Gambetta, Renan, and Thiers. One portrait is probably Fides Devries. Also two reproductive prints after paintings by Bonnat, La Lutte de Jacob and Martyre de St. Denis.

Subject

1. Cogniet, Léon, 1794-1880
2. Denis, Saint, Archbishop of Paris, active 3rd century
3. Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895
4. Gambetta, Léon, 1838-1882
5. Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
6. Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892
7. Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877
8. Martyrdom

Genre/Form

1. Portraits – French – 19th century.
2. Etchings – French – 19th century.
3. Prints – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. B1. Léon Cogniet -- B2. Mr. Thiers (1st state) -- B2. Mr. Thiers (2nd state) -- B3. La Lutte de Jacob -- B4. Martyre de St. Denis -- B5. Portrait de M. Renan -- B6. Gambetta sur son lit de mort -- B8. Fides Devries (?) -- B9. Alexandre Dumas fils.

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Titles from Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Estampes, Inventaire du Fonds Francais, v. 3, p. 124.
3. B8 is not an etching, as noted by the artist: "ce n'est pas une eau forte don't misteake [sic]. Ln Bonnat."

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 162.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin, 1833-1922.

Title

1. Portraits and reproductive prints [graphic]

Imprint

1. 1876-1892.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 162.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC