About the Artwork
N. Boileau - Despreaux
ca. 1880
Emile-Antoine Bayard (Artist) French, 1837-1891 Moine et Falconer (Printer) French
Steel engraving(?) printed in black, colored by hand on wove paper
Image: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (24.1 × 17.5 cm) Overall: 14 1/8 × 11 7/8 inches (35.9 × 30.2 cm)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker
73.71
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Markings
Signed, on plate, lower right: Emile Bayard
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center: N. BOILEAU - DESPREAUX | Ne en 1636. Mort en 1711. Inscribed, lower right corner of sheet: Moine et Falconer, imp. Paris. Inscribed, printed on the supporting sheet: LAPLACE, SANCHEZ et Cie, 3, RUE SEGUIER, PARIS. | BOILEAU | OEUVRES COMPLETES Inscribed, vertically, left margin: 1 beau vol. in - 8, orne de vingt magnifiques dessins colories. Inscribed, vertically, right margin: Dessins d' Emile Bayard. - Prix, broche, 18 francs. Inscribed, bottom margin, center: SE VEND ICI Inscribed, lower left: Paris. - Imp. Vieville et Capiomont, rue des Poitevins, 6. Inscribed, lower right: Affiche destinee a l'interieur.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Emile-Antoine Bayard, N. Boileau - Despreaux, ca. 1880, steel engraving(?) printed in black, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker, 73.71.
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