print; illustrated book

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Object Type: print; illustrated book
Museum number: 1936,0519.5.1-51
Title: Object: Voyage Pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile
Description: Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, "Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile" (Paris) Volume 4 of 4, Part II, 1785; containing 51 prints of various sizes, including titlepage vignette etched by Choffard after Fragonard, other vignettes throughout, views of Syracuse and other places in Sicily, aerial view and map of the port of Malta, views of the Lipari Islands, vignettes and full-page plates showing antique medals relating to the history of Sicily. Bound with letterpress. Etching and engraving
Producer name: Published by: Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non; After: Louis Jean Desprez; After: Claude Louis Châtelet; Print made by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin; Print made by: Pierre Gabriel Berthault; Print made by: Emmanuel de Ghendt; Print made by: Jean Beugnet (cul-de-lampe); Print made by: Pierre Philippe Choffard; After: Chevalier de Bosredon (view of Catania); After: Louis François Cassas; Print made by: Jean Baptiste Liénard
School/style: French; Italian
Production date: 1786
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 510 millimetres (sheet size of each page); Width: 330 millimetres
Curator's comments: The "Voyage Pittoresque" was one of the most celebrated illustrated books of the eighteenth century. For the genesis of the project, see Antony Griffiths, "The Contract between Laborde and Saint-Non for the Voyage Pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile", Print Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4 (December 1988), pp. 408-414. The text for the four volumes in the series was published between 1781 and 1786; the plates were issued in livraisons from March 1778 onwards. All volumes (5 in total, Volume 4 being bound in two parts) are kept at 244.a.9 to 13 (see 1936,0519.1 to 5). Drawings by Louis Jean Desprez and Claude Louis Châtelet made in preparation for the project, and loose impressions of some prints from it, are kept at various locations in the collection.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: landscape; architecture; monument; map/plan; volcano; medal
Associated names: Illustration to: Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non; Associated with: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre (dedicatee)
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Italy; Topographic representation of: Sicily; Topographic representation of: Malta; Topographic representation of: Lipari Islands
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1936
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1936,0519.5.1-51

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