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Philippe Burty

Also known as: Philippe Burty; primary name: Burty, Philippe
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; collector; journalist/critic; French; Male
Life dates: 1830-1890
Address: 4 rue du Petit Banquier, Paris (1866)
Biography: Critic (he coined the term 'japonisme' in an article published in the 1870s) and promoter of etching; collector of contemporary prints; artistic director of 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts' 1859-71. Sold many prints directly to the BM in 1862-6. See: 1862,1011.671 to 724 1865,0114.1 to 146 1865,1209.641 to 833 1866,1013.555 to 610 1868,1114.273 to 320 1876,0510.205 to 447 (from the Burty sale, Sotheby's 27 April 1876) 1876,1111.223 to 590 (from Thibaudeau, ex- same Burty sale)
Bibliography: Lugt 413, 2071 & 2088. See Lugt 2071 for the seven Burty sales Pierre Juhel, 'Les ventes publiques d'estampes', Paris 2016, p.49

1,200 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.299 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.301 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 1876,1111.225 |
Producer name: BIOG17141 Drawn by:Hector Allemand |
Production date: 1863

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1876,1111.436 |
Producer name: BIOG32782 Drawn by:Charles Jacque |
Production date: 1828-1894

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.300 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.205 |
Producer name: BIOG17141 Drawn by:Hector Allemand |
Production date: 1861

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.296 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.377 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Eugène DelacroixAfter:Francisco de Goya |
Production date: 1798-1863

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1876,0510.343 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.340 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.394 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Drawn by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1836-1868

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.341 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.375 |
Producer name: BIOG29482 After:Francisco de Goya |
Production date: 1824-1828

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1876,0510.374 |
Producer name: BIOG29482 Drawn by:Francisco de Goya |
Production date: 1819

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.376 |
Producer name: BIOG29482 After:Francisco de Goya |
Production date: 1824-1828

drawing

Museum number: 1876,1111.274 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand GaillardAfter:David d'Angers |
Production date: 1834-1887

drawing; title-page

Museum number: 1876,0510.339 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1876,1111.278 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Alexandre Marie ColinAfter:Horace Vernet |
Production date: 1798-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.297 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.342 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.224 |
Producer name: BIOG18606 Drawn by:Antoine Louis Barye |
Production date: 1796-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.298 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Drawn by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1807-1852

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.271 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Alphonse LegrosMounted by:Robert Guéraut |
Production date: 1860

drawing

Museum number: 1876,1111.427 |
Producer name: BIOG32261 Drawn by:Paul Huet |
Production date: 1851

illustrated book; print

Title: Chigo Monju osana kyokun 児童文殊稚教訓 |
Museum number: 2008,3004.1 |
Producer name: Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Published by:Tsutaya Juzaburo (蔦屋重三郎) |
Cultures/periods: Edo PeriodKyowa Era |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

illustrated book; print

Title: Hokusai manga haya shinan, vol. 2 北斎漫画早指南, 二編 |
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.100 |
Producer name: BIOG1820 Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

portfolio; print

Museum number: 1880,0214.94-119 |
Producer name: After:Eugène FromentinPrint made by:Edouard Lévy Montefiore |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Paysage - crépuscule Le vieux pauvre |
Museum number: 1865,1209.744 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles JacqueAfter:Louis Marvy |
Production date: 1840-1860

print; counterproof

Title: Les Taupes |
Museum number: 1865,0114.46 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1854

print

Title: Les Taupes |
Museum number: 1866,1013.556 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1854

print; letterhead

Title: Tête de facture pour Imprimerie artistique de Delâtre |
Museum number: 1865,1209.736 |
Producer name: BIOG61691 Print made by:Léopold Flameng |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Japonisme |
Museum number: 1904,0219.16 |
Producer name: BIOG21294 Print made by:Félix Buhot |
Production date: 1883-1885

print

Title: Le malingre cryptograme |
Museum number: 1865,0114.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonPrinted by:Pierron |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul |
Museum number: 1865,0114.139 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1861

print

Title: L'Oiseau envolé |
Museum number: 1865,1209.701 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Charles Chaplin |
Production date: 1850-1860s

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.805 |
Producer name: After:Raymond La FagePrint made by:Auguste Péquégnot |
Production date: 1835-1878

print

Title: Nègre à cheval |
Museum number: 1865,0114.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eugène DelacroixPrinted by:Sohier |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Un seigneur du temps de François Ier |
Museum number: 1865,0114.75 |
Producer name: BIOG24864 Print made by:Eugène Delacroix |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Zacharie Astruc |
Museum number: 1865,1209.684 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Le Christ au roseau |
Museum number: 1862,1011.683 |
Producer name: BIOG24864 Print made by:Eugène Delacroix |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Les pêcheurs à la ligne |
Museum number: 1865,0114.69 |
Producer name: BIOG38057 Print made by:Ernest Meissonier |
Production date: 1830-1890

print

Museum number: 1916,0411.51 |
Producer name: BIOG45274 Print made by:Ary Scheffer |
Production date: 1855

print

Title: Barque de Dai-ko-ku, bois Japonisme |
Museum number: 1904,0219.24 |
Producer name: BIOG21294 Print made by:Félix Buhot |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Les donneurs d'eau bénite |
Museum number: 1907,0424.13 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Print made by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1852-1877

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.806 |
Producer name: After:Raymond La FagePrint made by:Auguste Péquégnot |
Production date: 1835-1878

print

Title: The French Set |
Museum number: 1866,1013.603 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McNeill WhistlerPrinted by:Auguste Delâtre |
Production date: 1858

print

Title: Reliure exécutée pour Thom. Maioli Histoire de la bibliophilie |
Museum number: 1865,0114.10 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1864

print

Title: La Bouillie |
Museum number: 1865,1209.799 |
Producer name: BIOG38516 Print made by:Jean François Millet |
Production date: 1861

print

Title: Une Lecture |
Museum number: 1865,1209.809 |
Producer name: BIOG42753 Print made by:Pierre Paul Prud'hon |
Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.776 |
Producer name: BIOG36908 Print made by:Pierre Eugène Jules Maison |
Production date: 1861

print

Title: Lola de Valence |
Museum number: 1865,1209.772 |
Producer name: BIOG37021 Print made by:Édouard Manet |
Production date: 1862

print

Title: Un soir Le bain |
Museum number: 1865,0114.48 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1860s

print

Title: Le Calvaire |
Museum number: 1865,1209.707 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Alexandre Gabriel Decamps |
Production date: 1848-1914

print

Title: Japonisme |
Museum number: 1904,0219.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21294 Print made by:Félix Buhot |
Production date: 1883-1885

print

Title: Deux gros troncs de charmes |
Museum number: 1865,0114.60 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1853

print

Title: Ils s'en allaient, dodelinant de la tête et barytonnant du cul (Rabelais) |
Museum number: 1865,1209.667 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1854-1855

print

Title: Simart, sculpteur |
Museum number: 1865,0114.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:David d'Angers |
Production date: 1862

print

Museum number: 1885,1212.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric VillotAfter:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1847

print

Museum number: 1865,0114.85 |
Producer name: BIOG40456 Print made by:Frédérique Émilie O'Connell |
Production date: 1840-1865

print

Title: Chenavard |
Museum number: 1865,0114.41 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Boite à thé porcelaine Japonisme |
Museum number: 1904,0219.8 |
Producer name: BIOG21294 Print made by:Félix Buhot |
Production date: 1875-1885

print

Title: Croquis - deux femmes nues |
Museum number: 1866,1013.563 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1857

print; book-illustration

Title: St Just |
Museum number: 1865,1209.725 |
Producer name: BIOG61691 Print made by:Léopold Flameng |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: L'Éloquence des fleurs |
Museum number: 1865,1209.705 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: La proposition La conversation |
Museum number: 1865,1209.745 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon SubercazeAfter:Cornelis Bega |
Production date: 1840s

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.812 |
Producer name: BIOG44762 Print made by:Francisque de Saint-Etienne |
Production date: 1840-1865

print

Title: Une Famille malheureuse |
Museum number: 1865,0114.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Paul Prud'honAfter:Constance Mayer |
Production date: 1822

print; book-illustration

Title: Du jouvencel qui se marie à Madame Marie Mère de Dieu |
Museum number: 1876,0510.271 |
Producer name: BIOG20191 Print made by:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: A. Brongniart |
Museum number: 1876,1111.343 |
Producer name: BIOG31242 Print made by:Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: Le Klephte Album Lyrique |
Museum number: 1876,0510.275 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexandre Gabriel DecampsPrinted by:Godefroy Engelmann I |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Caïn par Etex Les Artistes Contemporains |
Museum number: 1876,1111.581 |
Producer name: BIOG26616 Print made by:Antoine Etex |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Ross Winans |
Museum number: 1876,1111.587 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1876

print

Title: La lecture |
Museum number: 1876,1111.389 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1864

print

Title: Dragon blessé élevant un trophée pris sur les Turcs |
Museum number: 1876,0510.309 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Victor SchnetzPrinted by:C T Müller |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Le Comte de Forbin |
Museum number: 1876,1111.498 |
Producer name: After:Jean Auguste Dominique IngresPrint made by:Marius Reinaud |
Production date: 1812

print

Title: L'étude de toits |
Museum number: 1876,1111.236 |
Producer name: BIOG20673 Print made by:Henri de Braekeleer |
Production date: 1854-1888

print

Title: Diploma of Reward for the International Exhibition of 1855 |
Museum number: 1876,1111.496 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi CalamattaAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1855

print

Title: Femme en chapeau, à mi-corps |
Museum number: 1876,1111.418 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtAfter:Paul Gavarni |
Production date: 1861

print

Title: La Précaution Maternelle |
Museum number: 1876,0510.396 |
Producer name: BIOG38516 Print made by:Jean François Millet |
Production date: 1850-1860s

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.369 |
Producer name: BIOG31555 Print made by:Frédéric Hillemacher |
Production date: 1830-1876

print

Title: Les Deux chasseurs |
Museum number: 1876,1111.223 |
Producer name: BIOG17141 Print made by:Hector Allemand |
Production date: 1824-1886

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1876,0510.259 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WyldPrinted by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Stenterello |
Museum number: 1876,1111.299 |
Producer name: BIOG29308 Print made by:Jules de Goncourt |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: Portrait d'homme, en pied |
Museum number: 1876,1111.395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtAfter:Jean Baptiste Greuze |
Production date: 1863

print; book-illustration

Title: La veillée des Fileuses |
Museum number: 1876,0510.270 |
Producer name: BIOG20191 Print made by:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: Portrait de Cherubini |
Museum number: 1876,1111.492 |
Producer name: After:Jean Auguste Dominique IngresPrint made by:Louis Henri Brévière |
Production date: 1843

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le crépuscule |
Museum number: 1876,1111.511 |
Producer name: After:Prosper MarilhatPrint made by:Marie Alexandre Alophe |
Production date: 1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1876,1111.259 |
Producer name: BIOG24900 Print made by:Paul Delaroche |
Production date: 1830-1856

print

Museum number: 1876,0510.443 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric VillotAfter:Eugène Delacroix |
Production date: 1837-1845

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.382 |
Producer name: BIOG32577 After:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1814-1851

print

Title: Chef de mamelucks à cheval appelant du secours |
Museum number: 1876,0510.307 |
Producer name: BIOG29916 Print made by:Antoine Jean Gros (Baron Gros) |
Production date: 1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le médecin |
Museum number: 1876,1111.228 |
Producer name: After:Gerard Ter Borch IIPrint made by:Alexandre Bida |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Edmond et Jules de Goncourt (deuxième planche) |
Museum number: 1876,1111.295 |
Producer name: BIOG20641 Print made by:Félix Bracquemond |
Production date: 1872

print

Title: Une halte en Orient |
Museum number: 1876,1111.530 |
Producer name: Print made by:F W MarksAfter:Prosper Marilhat |
Production date: 1840

print

Museum number: 1876,0510.400 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Philippe, duc d'OrléansPrinted by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1876,0510.399 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Philippe d'Orléans, duc de MontpensierPrint made by:Antoine Alphée Piaud |
Production date: 1847

print

Title: Le Retour |
Museum number: 1876,1111.585 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ary SchefferPrinted by:Villain |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Title: De la Dame de la belle Sagesse |
Museum number: 1876,0510.266 |
Producer name: BIOG20191 Print made by:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: Intérieur d'une métairie |
Museum number: 1876,0510.231 |
Producer name: After:Louis CabatPrinted by:Frey |
Production date: 1834-1876

print

Title: Le peseur d'or |
Museum number: 1876,1111.364 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury |
Production date: 1847

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