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Gilles Paul Cauvet
1731-1788
Recueil d'Ornemans à l'Usage de Jeunes Artistes
[1777]
Binding: 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (546 x 394 mm)
Various media, including red chalk, brown wash, and hand-colored etching on paper.
1997.21
Gift of Mrs. John Jay Ide.
Notes
This album contains one title-page, one frontispiece followed by a full page dedication to Monsieur, brother of the King, and sixty-one plates with 114 compositions in various print making techniques by Cauvet, Paris, 1777. It shows ornamental designs of the style Louis XVI.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the title-page, "Recueil d'ornemens / a l'usage / des jeunes artistes / qui se destinent à la décoration des bâtimens / dédié à Monsieur / par G. P. Cauvet sculpteur de S. A. R."; at bottom of page, "À Paris / Chez l'auteur, rue de Seve, près celle du Bacqu. / M.DCC.LXXVII".
Associated names
Ide, John Jay, Mrs., former owner.
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Century Drawings
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