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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1893,0411.71
Title
Object:
Le Duc de Beaufort
Description
Portrait of François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort, half-length, turned to right, wearing armour, collar edged with lace, sash, and with long curly hair; in oval resting on plinth; illustration for Graincourt's "Les hommes illustres de la marine françoise" (Paris, 1780), lettered state Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
François Hubert
After:
Alfred Graincourt
School/style
French
Production date
1780
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
197 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
126 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of the 17 portraits engraved by Hubert for the book.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(38)
Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
François de Vendôme, Duc de Beaufort
Illustration to:
Alfred Graincourt
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Les hommes illustres de la marine françoise
(1780)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Eugène Baillet
Acquisition date
1893
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1893,0411.71