Antique Print-L-AIGLE-ET-LA-TORTUE-FABLE-CALLIGRAPHY-PL.19-Beauble-Montfort-1800

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‘”L’AIGLE ET LA TORTUE” (TITLE), “UNE TORTUE PRIAIT UN AIGLE…”, “SENS MORAL”, “GUILLAUME MONTFORT”, “BEAUBL? SCULPSIT.”‘

– An intricately engraved plate illustrating the fable “L’Aigle et la Tortue,” depicting an eagle carrying a tortoise high into the air before dropping it onto a rock. Includes calligraphed text and ornamental motifs.

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An intricately engraved plate illustrating the fable “L’Aigle et la Tortue,” depicting an eagle carrying a tortoise high into the air before dropping it onto a rock. Includes calligraphed text and ornamental motifs.

Made by Beauble after Guillaume Montfort.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 30 x 45 cm (11.81 x 17.72 inch). Image size: 30 x 45 cm. (11.81 x 17.72 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Slight foxing, creasing and soiling. A few small worm holes. Paper loss in top right corner, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AESOP’S FABLES, ENGRAVED CALLIGRAPHY, BEAUBL?, GUILLAUME MONTFORT, EAGLE, TORTOISE, 19TH CENTURY, FRENCH ENGRAVINGS | EXPO-E100-26

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Part of “Fables d’Esope”, published by Basset, Paris, circa 1800.

Biography engraver: Beauble, a French engraver known for his intricate calligraphic works and collaborations on illustrated books.

Biography artist: Guillaume Montfort, a professor and calligrapher active in the early 19th century, known for his collaboration on the “Fables d’Esope.”.

Additional information

Dimensions 45 × 30 × 1 cm

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