Print Description
Original antique master print showing an 18th century scene: The arrival of the Operator of the Inn.
Made by Jean Baptiste Scotin II after J. B. Pater.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 39 x 31 cm (15.35 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 37 x 29.5 cm. (14.57 x 11.61 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Edges reinforced on verso. Some foxing, mainly visible in caption area. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
OPERATOR-INN-HOSTEL-HORSE-ROMAN COMIQUE | DPO-A2-003-17
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Paris by Louis Surugue, dated 1731.
Biography engraver: Jean Baptiste Scotin II (1698-1755), French engraver; son of Gerard Jean Baptiste I (q.v.); usually known simply as Gerard Scotin II (to distinguish him from his grandfather); began his career in Paris, working especially after Watteau; went to London in 1733 with his brother Louis Gerard, where he remained for the rest of his career; in 1745 he engraved plates in Hogarth’s ‘Marriage-a-la-Mode’ series.
Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Francois Pater (1695-1736), French artist.
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