Louis
Joseph Masquelier (the
elder) (1741–1811)
“Monument
à la Gloire du Roi et de la France”, c1775, plate 2 after the design
by Jacques Louis Touzé (1747–1807), published in 1775 as a fold-out
illustration to Charles-François de Lubersac de Livron’s (1730–1804) “Discours
sur les Monumens publics de tous les âges et de tous les peuples connus” (Discourse
on the Public Monuments of all Ages and All Known Peoples), in Paris by J.G. Clousier
(fl.1773–1775). The lettered text advises that the portrayed monument was dedicated
and presented to King Louis XVI (and France) by the
Abbot of Lubersac, Abbot of Noirlac and Prior of Brive.
Etching with engraving on laid paper trimmed
unevenly around the image borderline with flattened folds and backed with a
support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 60.4 x 33.7 cm; (image
borderline) 55.5 x 30.8 cm.
Lettered in plate below the image borderline:
(centre) “MONUMENT À LA GLOIRE DU ROI LOUIS XVI ET DE LA FRANCE./ PAR M. L’ABBÉ
DE LUBERSAC VĨC. GEAL. DE NARBONNE, ABBÉ DE NOIRLAC ET PR. DE
BRIVE./ ESQUISSE AU PREMIER TRAIT.”; (right): “L J Masquelier aqua forti”
Paris Musées offer a description of this
print: https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/monument-a-la-gloire-du-roi-et-de-la-france#infos-principales.
Condition: a strong and well-printed impression
trimmed unevenly around the platemark on the bottom and sides and along the
image borderline at top. The sheet has significant flattened folds and surface
marks and has been laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality
washi paper.
I am selling this large etching of a monument
dedicated to Louis XVI and the glory of France for the total price of AU$246 (currently
US$167.36/EUR160.08/GBP138.13 at the time of posting this listing) including
postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import
duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing grand scale
etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you
a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
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