Suite d'estampes gravées par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du roy
1782
Artist, French, 1721 - 1746
Artist, French, 1714 - 1777
Artist, British, c. 1740 - 1790
Artist, French, 1715 - 1790
Printer
Artist After, French, 1711 - c. 1793
Artist After
Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770
Artist After, French, 1716 - 1809
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour after Various Artists after Jacques Guay
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with letterpress foreword and table of contents, mezzotint frontispiece, and 71 etching and engravings (including title page) on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 29.7 × 23 × 2.8 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1946.21.153
Associated Artworks
See all 72 artworksMadame de Pompadour
James Watson, Joseph-Marie Vien, M. Prault, James Watson, Etienne Fessard, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
1765
Genie militaire
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour, Joseph-Marie Vien, M. Prault, James Watson, Etienne Fessard, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
1782
Cachet du Roy
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour, Joseph-Marie Vien, M. Prault, James Watson, Etienne Fessard, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
1782
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Charrington, The Grange, Shenley (1856-1939)
Associated Names
Bibliography
1912
Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col.813.
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled lettering of spine of vellum binding: ESTAMPES / PER / POMPADOUR; at top of front flyleaf, in graphite, in later hand: Relieure de Padeloup. / Superb proof before letters of / the portrait. original vellum gilt."
Markings
inside front pastedown: book plates of an unidentified 18th-century, probably French, collector and John Charrington, The Grange, Shenley