Charles Jacque, “Paysage et Animaux”, 1845

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

“Paysage et Animaux” (Guiffrey title) (aka “Landscape with Man on Horseback, Pigs and Cow”), 1845, from a series of twenty plates published between 1845 and 1850, printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and published in Paris by the Alliance des Arts (aka Marchant) (1830–fl.c1880).

Etching, drypoint and engraving on buff coloured chine collé China paper on heavy wove paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 23.9 x 31.5 cm; (plate) 12.1 x 16.8? cm; (chine collé) 8 x 12.1 cm; (image borderline) 6.8 x 11.1 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper left) “Ch Jacque”.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “[...5?]”; (centre) “Imp. par Aug. Delâtre F.bourg Poissonnière 147”; (right) “alliance des Arts R. de Rivoli 140”.

State iii (of iii/possibly iv?) with the addition of oblique lines in the sky representing rain. Note that there may be a fourth state as the BM holds a late impression with the publication details for the Alliance des Arts repositioned on the left (see BM inv. no. 1889,0608.109).

Guiffrey 82 (J.-J. Guiffrey 1868, “L’Oeuvre de Ch. Jacque: Catalogue de ses Eaux-Fortes et Pointes Sèches”, Paris, Lemaire, pp. 60–61, cat. no. 82 [https://archive.org/details/luvredechjacque00guifgoog/page/n73/mode/2up]); IFF 229 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1960, “Inventaire du Fonds Francais Apres 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, vol. 11, cat. no. 229).

Guiffrey (1868) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “At the edge of a stream planted with willows and brushwood, a young boy leans over his stopped horse, a real plough horse, without saddle or bridle. In front of him, to the left, advance three pigs and a cow. At the top of the sky, three birds; behind, a larger herd” (pp. 60–61).

Condition: a strong and well-printed early impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate with generously wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this very beautiful Rembrandtesque etching of a shaft of light illuminating a boy on horseback accompanying a sounder of swine as the sky darkens with rain, for AU$279 in total (currently US$181.87/ EUR168.35/ GBP142.86 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$279) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this small jewel of an etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold