Name: Antique Print-DEATH OF GENERAL MORCEAU-Vinkeles-Vrijdag-Girardet-1794
SKU: RB-2431
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Antique Print-DEATH OF GENERAL MORCEAU-Vinkeles-Vrijdag-Girardet-1794

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‘DOOD VAN DEN GENERAAAL MORCEAU, OP HET SLAGVELD, DEN 19DEN VAN HERFSTMAAND 1796.’

– This print shows the death of general Francois Seraphin Marceau Desgraviers (1769-1796) on the battlefield in 1796. We see many soldiers in mourning. During the French revolution.

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Description

This print shows the death of general Francois Seraphin Marceau Desgraviers (1769-1796) on the battlefield in 1796. We see many soldiers in mourning. During the French revolution.

Made by Reinier Vinkeles and Daniel Vrijdag after Abraham Girardet.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 28 x 22.5 cm (11.02 x 8.86 inch). Image size: 21 x 16.5 cm. (8.27 x 6.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GENERAL MORCEAU-SOLDIERS-BATTLEFIELD-FRANCE-DEATH-MOURNING-FRENCH REVOLUTION | RBOS-A8-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published ca 1800. From: Tafereelen van de Staatsomwenteling in Frankrijk (1794-1807).

Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (Amsterdam; 1741-1816), was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the later teacher of several talented artists. He studied for some ten years with Jan Punt and joined the Amsterdam Stadstekenacademie. Daniel Vrijdag (Dutch 1765-1822).