Suite d'estampes gravées par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du roy
1782
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour after Various Artists after Jacques Guay
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
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