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Antoine Trouvain
Monsieur le comte de Tourville vice-amiral et marechal de France
A Paris : Chez A. Trouvain, [ca. 1690-1710]
hand-colored engraving faced on reverse with fabrics
plate mark: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (305 x 200 mm)
2002.39
Notes
Notations made in pen at bottom of sheet.
Although most of the dressed prints in the library's collection were made between 1690 and 1710, the later date of the fabrics indicates that they were "dressed" some forty or fifty years later. The correct French term for the process is découpé. Its translation, literally "cut-out", gives some idea of what was involved. Portions of the print were cut out and faced from the reverse side with fabric corresponding to parts of the costume. What remained of the print was skillfully tinted with watercolor.
Although most of the dressed prints in the library's collection were made between 1690 and 1710, the later date of the fabrics indicates that they were "dressed" some forty or fifty years later. The correct French term for the process is découpé. Its translation, literally "cut-out", gives some idea of what was involved. Portions of the print were cut out and faced from the reverse side with fabric corresponding to parts of the costume. What remained of the print was skillfully tinted with watercolor.
Summary
Full-length portrait of French naval commander Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville, gesturing out to ships at sea.
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Trouvain, Antoine, 1656-1708, publisher.
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