21 prints : etching, drypoint, mezzotint, roulette; 21.6 x 31.2 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Suite of landscape and cityscape etchings, with etched title page, including views of the Auge valley, Pierrefonds, Rouen and Spoleto. Other subjects include bathers, bridges, chickens, cottages, cows, forests, goats, a harbor in Honfleur, horsemen, the papal palace in Avignon, rivers, rocks, storms, thatched buildings in Compiègne, Normandy and Trouville-sur-Mer, tides, and willows. Some prints present in more than one state; one print is a unique trial proof.
B70a. [Title and contents page] -- B70. Le château des papes à Avignon -- B71. Vue générale de Rouen -- B72. Orage au Mont-Dore -- B73. La grande marée d'equinoxe à Honfleur (1st state) -- B73. La grande marée d'equinoxe à Honfleur (2nd state) -- B74. Entrée de forêt -- B75. Vue de Spolètte -- B76. Rochers près de Nice -- B77. Ruisseau de Saint-Pierre près Pierrefonds -- B78. Les vaux de Cernay -- B79. Chaumière normande, ruines du château d'Arques -- B80. Maison de garde à Compiègne (1st state) -- B80. Maison de garde à Compiègne (2nd state) -- B80. Maison de garde à Compiègne (3rd state) -- B81. Saulée, environs de Paris -- B82. Chaumière de l'ancien Trouville -- B83. Une cour normande dans la valée d'Auge -- B84. Vieilles maisons sur l'ancien port de Honfleur -- B85. Soirée d'été, les baigneuses -- B86. Le cavalier.
Call number
MEZAC
Note
Title from Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 8.
Prints are from an album published by René Paul Huet in 1869.
Many prints bear collector's mark of Paul Huet (Lugt 1259) According to Lugt in Les Marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, Huet used this stamp to identify his unsigned states.
Some prints include graphite notations by Phillipe Burty and Samuel Putnam Avery.
Access (note)
Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
S. P. Avery Collection.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
Holdings checked in departmental copies of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 8 and Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, v. VII.
Provenance (note)
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. B71, B72, B73, B76, B78, B80 (1st state), B80 (2nd state), B81, B83, and B84 bear collector's mark of Sir W. R. Drake (Lugt 2743) B71, B72, B73, B76, B78, B80 (1st state), B80 (2nd state), B83, and B84 bear collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413)
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Author
Huet, Paul, 1803-1869.
Title
Eaux-fortes [graphic] / par Paul Huet.
Imprint
1830-1868.
Restricted access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite as:
S. P. Avery Collection.
Linking entry
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copies of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 8 and Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, v. VII.
Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. B71, B72, B73, B76, B78, B80 (1st state), B80 (2nd state), B81, B83, and B84 bear collector's mark of Sir W. R. Drake (Lugt 2743) B71, B72, B73, B76, B78, B80 (1st state), B80 (2nd state), B83, and B84 bear collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413)