Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863.
3. Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, 1725-1802.
4. Stevens, Alfred, 1823-1906.
5. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 10 prints : etching, wash; 50.5 x 38.3 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Reproductive prints after Eugène Delacroix, Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis and Alfred Stevens with subjects including bon à tirer proofs, dogs, harems and a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Included is a remarque portrait of Eugène Delacroix.

Subject

1. Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863
2. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
3. Bon à tirer proofs
4. Dogs in art
5. Harems

Genre/Form

1. Etchings – French – 19th century.
2. Portraits – French – 19th century.
3. Remarques.
4. Reproductive prints – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. B4. [Noce juive after Eugène Delacroix] (2nd state) -- B4. [Noce juive after Eugène Delacroix] (3rd state) -- B6A. [L'Automne after Alfred Stevens] (1st state) -- B7. [Farewell after Alfred Stevens] (2nd state) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis] (1st state) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis] (1st state, retouches au pinceau sur l'epreuve) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis] (2nd state) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis] (3rd state) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis (4th state, dernier état avant les remarques) -- B11. [Benjamin Franklin after Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis] (5th state)

Call number

1. MEZAC+

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. B4 bears note by artist in pencil "Cette planche est à la Chalcographie du Louvre avec la signature de Ch. Chaplin - État d'eau-forte gravé par moi, tel que je l'ai livré à M. Chaplin en 1878 - Portrait de Delacroix en remarque"
3. B7 bears inscription in plate "In progress for the proprietor, M. G. Petit"
4. B11 (1st state) bears inscription in pencil "À Courtry" and B11 (4th state) bears inscription in pencil "À M. Avery"
5. B11 (5th state) bears inscription in plate "Etched by Henri Lefort from an original painting by Duplessis presented by George A. Lucas to the W. H. Huntington Collection of Americana Metropolitan Museum of Art N-Y"

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. 9.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Lefort, Henri, 1852-

Title

1. Reproductive prints [graphic] / Henri Lefort.

Imprint

1. 1878-1898

Restricted access

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

Cite as:

1. S. P. Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 9.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863.
3. Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, 1725-1802.
4. Stevens, Alfred, 1823-1906.
5. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC+