Antique Print – PORTRAIT-NICOLAS POUSSIN-GIRTIN after TBD – 1817

Nicolas Poussin

Etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 25 x 31,5 cm. (9,8 x 12,4 inch). Image size: 9,4 x 13 cm. (3,7 x 5,1 inch).

From: ‘Seventy-Five Portrais of celebrated Painters […]’, by james Girtin, published by J. McGreery, London, 1817. State: In a rare proof ed. before captions and decorative border.

Made by James Girtin after To be determined. James Girtin (1773-c.1820) was a British engraver and printer from London. He was a pupil of Th. Vaughan and the brother of the artist Thomas Girtin (1775-1902). idem

Condition: Good, given age. Light soiling, creasing and foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: PORTRAIT-NICOLAS POUSSIN

PCO-A19-39