book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 1922,1212.5.1-168
Description: 168 engravings from "Figures de l'histoire de France dessinées par M. Moreau le jeune et gravées sous sa direction." (Paris, Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune) 1785. Bound together without the letterpress. Etchings and engravings
Producer name: After: Jean Michel Moreau le jeune; After: Charles Monnet; Print made by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas; After: Nicolas Bernard Lépicié; Print made by: Isidor Stanislas Helman; Print made by: Georges Malbeste ("Gravé à l'eau-forte par Malbete, terminé par J. P. Le Bas"); Print made by: L P F Garreau ("Gravé par Garreau, sous la direction du Sr. Lebas"); Print made by: Antoine François Hémery ("sous la Direction de Mr. le Bas"); Print made by: G Texier ("sous la direction de Sr. le Bas"); Print made by: Heinrich Guttenberg ("Retouché par Guttemberg sous la Direction du Sr le Bas"); Print made by: Pierre Antoine Martini ("Gravé à leauforte par Martiny, et Retouché par J. P. le Bas"); Print made by: Jean Baptiste Simonet; Print made by: Jean Michel Moreau le jeune (eau-forte); Print made by: Pierre Duflos; Print made by: Simon Julien (? "Julie acqua for. Terminé au burin par le Bas"); Print made by: Louis Michel Halbou; Print made by: Jean Louis Delignon; Print made by: Antoine Louis Romanet; Print made by: Pierre Gabriel Langlois (l'Aîné); Print made by: Pélisier ("Aqua et Terminé par le Bas"); Print made by: Jean Baptiste Patas; Print made by: Beaublé ("Scripsit"); Print made by: Jean Baptiste Racine; Print made by: Antoine Jean Duclos; Print made by: Louis Joseph Masquelier; Print made by: Rémi Delvaux; Print made by: Jean Baptiste Fosseyeux; Print made by: Laurent Guyot (?); Print made by: N Thomas; Print made by: Jacques Couché; Print made by: Claude Nicolas Malapeau; Print made by: Jean Jacques Leveau; Print made by: Charles Étienne Gaucher; Print made by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet
School/style
Production date: 1779-1785
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 266 millimetres; Width: 190 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Curator's comments: The "Figures de l'Histoire de France", which employed a large team of the best French and European engravers, was undertaken in two different phases, the first overseen by Le Bas, the second by Moreau le Jeune. This volume contains plates only. The plates in this volume are numbered 1 to 144, then 131 to 154. See the concordance for the 1779 and 1785 editions in Bocher, pp. 207-208. The final plate in this volume is numbered 154. This was the point at which the project was interrupted by the French Revolution. Moreau added 10 further plates at a later date, numbered 155 to 164, but those are not included here. The accompanying text, not included here, was written by the abbé Garnier.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: history; king/queen
Associated places: Associated with: France
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1922
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1922,1212.5.1-168

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