Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 68.5 x 52 cm (26.97 x 20.47 inch). Image size: 68.5 x 52 cm. (26.97 x 20.47 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to the plate. Interior tears, backed. Small tear s in paper edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HONDSCHOOTE, FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS, 1793, BATTLE SCENE, DIRECTOIRE, JEAN-JACQUES AVRIL, DELORGE, NAPOLEONIC HISTORY, MILITARY PRINTS | PCO-EXPO-178REAR
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Reference: Hennin 11612; BnF ark:/12148/btv1b69468900.
Biography engraver: Jean-Jacques Avril (1744?1831) was a prolific French engraver known for large-scale historical and genre scenes, active particularly during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. His engravings were widely collected and often served propagandistic or commemorative purposes.
Biography artist: Jacques Delorge, known as the “Chevalier de Lorge” (1733-1798), was a French court painter.
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