Charles Jacque’s etching, “Première Leçon d'Équitation”, 1864

Charles Jacque (aka Charles Émile Jacque; Charles Jaque) (1813–1894)

“Première Leçon d'Équitation” (aka “First Riding Lesson”), 1864, plate 2 from the series of twenty-five etchings, “Several Rural and Pastoral Compositions” (Rijksmuseum title),  printed by Sarazin (fl.c1846–1867) in Paris and published in 1864 (Guiffrey cat. nos. 177 to 201).

Etching with drypoint and roulette on chine collé on heavy wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 22.8 x 27.2 cm; (chine collé) 12.5 x 16.8 cm; (image borderline) 11.3 x 15.8 cm.

Inscribed on plate within the image borderline: (lower left corner) “Ch. Jacque”.

Numbered on plate above the image borderline: (left corner) “Pl.2”; (right corner) “3”.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “CH. JACQUE”; (centre) “PREMIÈRE LEÇON D'ÉQUITATION”; (right) “SARAZIN. IMP”.

Final lettered state. Note that Guiffrey proposes three states, but the British Museum advises that there is a state before the final lettered state with slightly different numbering and lettering (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1865-0429-149).

Guiffrey 178 iii (J-J Guiffrey 1866, “L'Oeuvre de Ch. Jacque”, Paris, Lemaire, p. 89, cat. no. 178); Beraldi 178 (Henri Béraldi 1885–1892, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 187, cat. no. 178 [https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e08berauoft/page/186/mode/2up); IFF 281 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, vol. 11, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p. 114, cat. no. 281).

The British Museum and the Rijksmuseum offer descriptions of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1889-0608-208; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.128643.

Condition: a well-printed impression with a few minor restorations (almost invisible), otherwise the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, significant stains or foxing.

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