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Object Type
print
Museum number
1929,0608.13
Title
Object:
M. le M[arqu]is de la Fayette Commandant Général de la Garde Nationalle...
Description
Portrait of Lafayette, whole-length, standing in landscape, looking to the right, wearing the uniform of the National Guard; behind him, a horse held by Black page, and, on the right, his troops parading. 1790 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Philibert Louis Debucourt
Published by:
Philibert Louis Debucourt
School/style
French
Production date
1790
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
538 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
405 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This plate, which is Debucourt's first mezzotint, has also been printed in colour (à la poupée); advertised in the 'Journal de Paris', 25 March 1790.
Bibliographic references
Fenaille 1899 / L'Oeuvre gravé de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832)
(23)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(19)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Julius Model
(L.1488a ( (sale Boerner 13/5.v.1929/270, M 720))
Acquisition date
1929
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1929,0608.13