Accession number
PML 140080
Published
[Paris? : s.n., between 1746 and 1770]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Collection of 90 engravings, many of them proof impressions (including proofs before letters and etched states), dating from the years after Gravelot's return to France in 1746, inlaid in or mounted onto 46 leaves of a bound album. They include 56 impressions from the 80 subjects comprising the Suite de petits sujets (Paris : F. Chereau, n.d.), engraved by J. Bacheley after Gravelot's designs in 1770, as well as invitations, address cards, advertisements, and headpieces for funeral orations.
Description
1 album (90 prints mounted on 46 leaves) : engravings ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt by Zaehnsdorf.
Classification
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