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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

1,199 related objects

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.300 |
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: 1876,0510.340 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Drawn by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

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

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

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; title-page

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

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

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; newspaper/periodical

Title: Louis XIV et Molière |
Museum number: 1876,1111.283 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léopold FlamengAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1860

print

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

print; satirical print

Title: Francesca di Rimini |
Museum number: 1876,1111.479 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules Gaspard GsellAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1860

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.341 |
Producer name: Print made by:Guillaume HaussoullierAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1860-1875

print

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

print

Title: Mort de L. de Vinci |
Museum number: 1876,1111.487 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph Théodore RichommeAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1818-1849

print

Title: Nouvelle-Zélande - Greniers indigènes et habitations à Akaroa, presqu'ile de Banks, 1845 |
Museum number: 1862,1011.710 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Un postillon Les deux chevaux harnachés |
Museum number: 1876,1111.328 |
Producer name: Print made by:Théodore GéricaultPrinted by:Villain |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Bouquet d'arbres près d'un cours d'eau |
Museum number: 1916,0411.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Théodore Rousseau |
Production date: 1872 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Vase Hispano-Moresque |
Museum number: 1865,0114.3 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1862

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: Brocca italienne XVI S. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.6 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1859

print

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

print

Title: Trois têtes de femmes |
Museum number: 1876,1111.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtAfter:Antoine Watteau |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: A. Ingres |
Museum number: 1865,0114.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pol JustusAfter:David d'Angers |
Production date: 1826-1840 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

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

print; title-page

Title: P. Marilhat né en 1808 mort en 1847 Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes |
Museum number: 1876,0510.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adolphe MouilleronPrinted by:Bertauts |
Production date: 1850s |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Bossuet |
Museum number: 1876,1111.358 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Joseph GaitteAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1800-1840

print

Museum number: 1876,0510.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elizabeth Clotilda StistedAfter:Sir James Stuart |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Title: Venise |
Museum number: 1876,0510.344 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules Romain JoyantPrinted by:Pierron |
Production date: 1850s |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Fumeurs |
Museum number: 1876,1111.429 |
Producer name: BIOG32782 Print made by:Charles Jacque |
Production date: 1846

print

Title: Cahier de Vues d'Italie |
Museum number: 1865,0114.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Firmin Hippolyte Beaunier |
Production date: 1840-1850s

print

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

print; satirical print

Title: Souvenir de Saint Pélagie |
Museum number: 1865,1209.711 |
Producer name: Print made by:Honoré DaumierPrinted by:Bénard |
Production date: 1833-1836 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Printed in:Paris (France)

print

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

print

Title: Crépuscule Les Artistes Contemporains |
Museum number: 1876,1111.516 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis FrançaisAfter:Prosper Marilhat |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Famille rose japonaise, école artistique Vingt-six planches à l'eau-forte gravées pour l'hi |
Museum number: 1865,0114.18 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Petit Pont de pierre à Crémieu |
Museum number: 1876,1111.224 |
Producer name: BIOG17141 Print made by:Hector Allemand |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: Nouvelle Calédonie: grande case indigène sur le chemin de Ballade à Poépo |
Museum number: 1865,1209.662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonPrinted by:Auguste Delâtre |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.791 |
Producer name: BIOG38374 Print made by:Jules Michelin |
Production date: 1862

print

Title: Porcelaine de Saxe Vingt-six planches à l'eau-forte gravées pour l'hi |
Museum number: 1865,0114.30 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Arabe du désert |
Museum number: 1865,1209.754 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Jean Gros (Baron Gros)Printed by:Charles Philibert du Saillant, Comte de Lasteyrie |
Production date: 1817

print

Museum number: 1876,0510.291 |
Producer name: BIOG27152 Print made by:Feuchère, Jean-Jacques |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Dieulouard 14 août 1870 |
Museum number: 1876,1111.444 |
Producer name: BIOG34649 Print made by:Auguste Lançon |
Production date: 1870-1876

print

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

print

Title: La Petite Pompe, Paris Eaux-fortes sur Paris |
Museum number: 1862,1011.691 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

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

print

Title: Le Pont-Neuf et la Samaritaine de dessous la première arche du Pont-au-Change, Paris |
Museum number: 1876,0510.240 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonAfter:Victor Jean Nicolle |
Production date: 1855

print

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

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: Saint Étienne-du-Mont, Paris Eaux-fortes sur Paris |
Museum number: 1866,1013.583 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1852

print

Title: Etude pour 'la dame de charité' |
Museum number: 1876,1111.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jules de GoncourtAfter:Jean Baptiste Greuze |
Production date: 1862

print

Title: Mrs. Charles Long. |
Museum number: 1876,1111.589 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:Henry Edridge |
Production date: 1789-1835

print; satirical print

Title: Petit Prince Dito |
Museum number: 1865,1209.665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonPrinted by:Pierron |
Production date: 1864 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.261 |
Producer name: BIOG24900 Print made by:Paul Delaroche |
Production date: 1831

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.356 |
Producer name: After:Louis Pierre Henriquel-DupontAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: La rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris Eaux-fortes sur Paris |
Museum number: 1862,1011.692 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1854

print

Title: Le Cochon dans un verger |
Museum number: 1876,1111.269 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles DaubignyPrinted by:Abraham Beillet |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Eglise de Mouzon dans la nuit du 30 au 31 Août 1870 |
Museum number: 1876,1111.464 |
Producer name: BIOG34649 Print made by:Auguste Lançon |
Production date: 1870-1876

print

Museum number: 1865,1209.818 |
Producer name: BIOG44762 Print made by:Francisque de Saint-Etienne |
Production date: 1840-1865

print; title-page

Museum number: 1876,0510.265 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Parkes BoningtonPublished by:Ferdinand Langlé |
Production date: 1828

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1876,1111.291 |
Producer name: BIOG28168 After:Jean Léon Gérôme |
Production date: 1861-1876

print

Title: Le Lever du Soleil |
Museum number: 1876,1111.250 |
Producer name: BIOG24540 Print made by:Charles Daubigny |
Production date: 1850

print

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

print

Title: Le Retour du Troupeau Souvenirs d'Artistes |
Museum number: 1889,0608.651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Auguste Paul Charles AnastasiAfter:Constant Troyon |
Production date: 1835-1889 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

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

print

Title: Un village en Turquie |
Museum number: 1876,1111.258 |
Producer name: After:Alexandre Gabriel DecampsPrinted by:Delaunois |
Production date: 1830-1840

print

Title: Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud |
Museum number: 1876,0510.334 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Salle de vieillards à la Salpétrière |
Museum number: 1876,1111.273 |
Producer name: BIOG27692 Print made by:Pierre Édouard Frère |
Production date: 1863

print

Title: Masque en bois Japonisme |
Museum number: 1904,0219.17 |
Producer name: BIOG21294 Print made by:Félix Buhot |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Croquis divers |
Museum number: 1876,0510.404 |
Producer name: BIOG43014 Print made by:Auguste Raffet |
Production date: 1828-1829

print

Museum number: 1885,1010.29 |
Producer name: BIOG29780 Print made by:Henri Grenaud |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: François Viète |
Museum number: 1876,0510.385 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonAfter:Jean Rabel |
Production date: 1861 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Deux chevaux promenés par un jockey Études de chevaux |
Museum number: 1868,1114.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Théodore GéricaultPrint made by:Joseph Simon Volmar |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Fabrications exceptionnelles Vingt-six planches à l'eau-forte gravées pour l'hi |
Museum number: 1865,0114.23 |
Producer name: BIOG32785 Print made by:Jules Jacquemart |
Production date: 1860

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

Title: Doux entre Rethel et Goucy 27 Août 1870 |
Museum number: 1876,1111.471 |
Producer name: BIOG34649 Print made by:Auguste Lançon |
Production date: 1870-1876

print

Title: Alexandre Nordmann Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée |
Museum number: 1876,0510.411 |
Producer name: Print made by:Auguste RaffetPrinted by:Auguste Bry |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

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

print

Title: Tête de chien de la Nouvelle-Hollande |
Museum number: 1876,0510.319 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: La loi lunaire |
Museum number: 1865,1209.663 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: L'Hotellerie de la Mort Eaux-fortes sur Paris |
Museum number: 1876,0510.303-304 |
Producer name: BIOG36638 Print made by:Charles Meryon |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Dans Bazeille 2 Septembre 1870 |
Museum number: 1876,1111.446 |
Producer name: BIOG34649 Print made by:Auguste Lançon |
Production date: 1870-1876

print

Title: Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud |
Museum number: 1862,1011.723 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MeryonPrinted by:Abraham Beillet |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

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