Name: Antique Master Print-GENERAL-CHARLES PICHEGRU-MEZZOTINT-Hodges-1721
SKU: PICTURA-11763
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Antique Master Print-GENERAL-CHARLES PICHEGRU-MEZZOTINT-Hodges-1721

€275.00

‘GENERAL PICHEGRU. C.H. HODGES AD VIVUM PINXIT ET SCULPSIT. J. ALLART EXCUDIT. 1795.’

– Bust-length portrait of General Pichegru in uniform, turned slightly to his left, within an oval frame. This scarce original antique print depicts a portrait of Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-l 1804), a distinguished French general of the Revolutionary Wars.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 35 x 48 cm (13.78 x 18.9 inch). Image size: 30.5 x 42.2 cm. (12.01 x 16.61 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Slight creasing at corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PICHEGRU, FRENCH REVOLUTION, MEZZOTINT, CHARLES HOWARD HODGES, FRENCH GENERAL, 18TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT | PCO-B3-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The original painting was made from life (‘ad vivum’) by Charles Howard Hodges himself, who often created both the painting and the print.

Reference: Rijksmuseum, RP-P-1906-1749; Feltz 699-1(2).

Biography engraver: Charles Howard Hodges (1764?1837) was a British mezzotint engraver and painter who worked primarily in the Netherlands. He was known for his refined portrait engravings of political and military figures.