Accession number
PML 140102
Creator
Saint Non, Jean Claude Richard de, 1727-1791.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1780?]
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Etchings, and aquatints by Saint-Non after Le Prince, Fragonard, Robert, and studies by Saint Non himself, with 3 prints after Boucher, 2 after Tiepolo, and individual plates after various other artists, with many of the prints after original designs that are in turn studies of the works of earlier masters or classical artifacts and antiquities.
Many leaves have several plates impressed, to a total of 287 plates, dated ca. 1755-1775. Album comprised of both individual plates and titled suites of prints by Saint Non, including the series of six suites of aquatint plates dated 1770-1775, and issued under the title, "Fragments choisis dans les peintures et les tableaux les plus interessants des palais et des églises de l'Italie."
Many leaves have several plates impressed, to a total of 287 plates, dated ca. 1755-1775. Album comprised of both individual plates and titled suites of prints by Saint Non, including the series of six suites of aquatint plates dated 1770-1775, and issued under the title, "Fragments choisis dans les peintures et les tableaux les plus interessants des palais et des églises de l'Italie."
Description
[153] leaves (287 prints) : all. ill. ; 51 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
3/4 green morocco by R. Lidstone (Plymouth).
Classification
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