Léon-Germain Pelouse, “Le Hâvre de Carteret (Manche)”, 1878

Léon-Germain Pelouse (1838–1891)
“Le Hâvre de Carteret (Manche)” (also known as “View of the Harbour of Carteret”), 1878

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching with plate tone on cream laid paper with full margins as issued. Printed and published in Paris by the widow (veuve) of Alfred Cadart (active 1875–1882) as plate 23 from the volume, “L'Eau Forte en 1878” (Etching in 1878). This is a superb and near faultless impression that is richly inked and well-printed. The sheet is in near pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 28 x 38.8 cm
• Plate mark: 15.4 x 27.8 cm
• Image borderline: 13.6 x 26.6 cm

Plate Lettering:
• Above the image borderline at right: “23.”
• Within the image borderline at lower right: “[monogram]. Pelouse”
• Below the image borderline: (left) “I. G. Pelouse del. et sc.”; (centre) “LE HÂVRE DE CARTERET (Manche)”; (right) “V^veA.Cadart Edit.Imp. 56 B^ard Haussmann Paris.”

References:
• The British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1915-0105-15-25
• The Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200753417

Price & Shipping:
AU$264 (approximately US$177.35 / €150.59 / £131.38), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this remarkable etching depicting stark and overcast conditions on the shoreline estuary at Barneville-Carteret in Normandy (France)—notably how the small figures and their reflections glinting on the wet sand contrast with the broad expanse of grey sky, giving the scene a poetic and evocative life—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to send a PayPal invoice to ensure your purchase is straightforward and secure.

Lambert Suavius, “St Philip”, c. 1545

Lambert Suavius (also known as Lambert Zutman, Lambert Zoetman, and Lambert Le Doux) (circa 1510–1567)
“St Philip” (aka “Apostle Philip”), circa 1545

Technical Details & Condition:
Engraving on fine laid paper, trimmed with a narrow margin around the plate mark and backed by a sheet of archival-quality washi paper for support, and to provide wide margins. This engraving is Plate 8 from the series of 14 plates, “Christ, the Apostles and St Paul.”

The Curator of the British Museum offers the following insights regarding the series in which this print features: “… from a series of fourteen plates showing Christ and the apostles and St Paul (Hollstein 9-22). Twelve of these plates are numbered 1–12; the plates with St Matthias and St Thomas are not” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0712-80).

The impression is strong and well-printed (near faultless). Aside from a replenished worm-hole, the sheet is in excellent condition—free from tears, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 20.2 x 9.5 cm
• Plate mark: 20 x 9.3 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Lower left: “SVAVIVS INVE”—abbreviation of “Sauvius invenit” (Suavius designed it)
• Lower right: “8”

References:

• Hollstein Dutch 16 (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer & K.G. Boon [comp.], George S. Keyes [ed.], Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450–1700: Louis Spirinx to M. Suys, 1984, vol. 28, Blaricum, Van Gendt, p. 172, cat. no. 16)
• The British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1925-1117-31
• The Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200260404

Price & Shipping:

AU$304 (approximately US$204 / €173.01 / £151), including worldwide express shipping.
Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this marvellous engraving—an artwork that, in my view, echoes the tradition of Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) through its low-horizon monumentality and classical references, as well as drawing from Giulio Campagnola (1482–1515) in its use of stippling to render light and shade—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to send a PayPal invoice to ensure your purchase is straightforward and secure.

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François Nicolas Chifflart, “Frontispiece: Illustration Nouvelle 1876”

François Nicolas Chifflart (1825–1901)
“Frontispiece: Illustration Nouvelle 1876”, 1876

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching on fine laid paper with generously wide margins as issued. This work was published in Paris by Veuve Cadart (active 1875–1882) as the title plate to the 1776 edition of the art periodical L’Illustration Nouvelle.

The impression is richly inked and well-printed (near faultless). The sheet is in near pristine condition, free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 48.5 x 33 cm
• Plate mark: 23.9 x 16.1 cm
• Image border: 23.2 x 15.5 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Upper centre (featuring the reversed letter “N”): “Illustration/ Nouvelle / 1876”

References:

• IFF 15 (Jean Adhémar, Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: CABANE–CICÉRI, 1949, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 4, p. 527, cat. no. 15 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5510949t/f549.item])
• Additionally, see the description of this print by the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/746106.
  (Note: The IFF/BN reference number provided by the MET (BN IV.527.17) is incorrect; the correct number is 15.)

Price & Shipping:
AU$271 (approximately US$181.84 / €153.98 / £134.40), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this dark, evocative, and undoubtedly allegorical etching — depicting a winged figure holding aloft a flaming torch illuminating the title of the collection of prints from which this frontispiece originates — please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com.

This image may symbolise the shipwreck of art and engraved illustration before the dawn of a new age of illustration (please forgive me if I am mistaken). I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice to make your purchase straightforward and secure.

Jacob Frey, “Sacra Christi Familia”, c. 1727, after Gérard Edelinck and Raphael

Jacob Frey (also known as Johann Jakob Frey and Giacomo Frei) (1681–1752)
“Sacra Christi Familia” (The Holy Family of Christ) (also known as “La Sainte Famille de Jesus Christ” [The Holy Family of Jesus Christ]), circa 1727 (1702–1752)

Technical Details & Condition:
Engraving on laid paper, trimmed with a narrow margin around the image border and writing edge, backed with a support sheet of archive-quality washi paper. This engraving is after another engraving of the same design and orientation by Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707) (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0822-965), which, in turn, is a translation into line of the painting by Raphael (also known as Raffaello Sanzio and Raffaello Santi) (1483–1520) from the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. 604).
The impression is strong, with the centre-fold flattened. The sheet is in excellent condition, free from tears, holes, or stains.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 42.8 x 30 cm
• Image border: 39 x 29.7 cm

Plate Lettering:
• Lower left within the image border: “Raphael Pinx.”
• Lower right within the image border: “Jacob. Frey Sculp. Romæ.”
• Lower left: “La Sainte famille de Jesus Christ./ D'apres le tableau de Raphael d'urbin hault de 6 pieds 5 p./ et large de 4 pieds 3 p. ‘qui est au Cabinet du Roy”
• Lower right: “Sacra Christi Familia./ Ex tabulâ Raphaelis urbinatis, alta 6. ped. 5. pol. lata 4 ped. 3. pol/ asseruatâ in pinacothecâ Regia”

References:
• Andresen 4
• Le Blanc 15
• See also the British Museum’s description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1979-0721-9

Price & Shipping:
AU$308 (approximately US$205.46 / €174.41 / £152.33), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this exceptionally skilful and sensitively executed portrayal of the Holy Family — depicting the Virgin kneeling as she holds the Christ child, with St Elizabeth assisting the infant Baptist to clasp his hands, an angel holding flowers above the Virgin’s head, and St Joseph observing — please feel free to contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to send a secure PayPal invoice to make your purchase straightforward and secure.