Jean
Baptiste Huet (1745–1811)
“Title
Plate to ‘Œuvres de J. B. Huet’”,
c.1796 (BM 1798–99), from
the series of thirty-eight etchings that is the first part to a volume of etchings
by the artist titled in the plate, “Œuvres de J. B. Huet”, also known as “Cahiers
d'Études”, published in Paris by the artist’s son, Jean Baptiste Huet the
younger (inscribed in plate as “Huet fils”) (1772–1852) between 1796 and 1799.
Note that the British Museum holds an impression of the title plate to the
second part of the same volume of the series and offers an account of the
publication details to the series (see BM inv. no. 1860,0211.181).
Etching on laid
paper (lettered watermark) trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline.
Size: (sheet) 48.1
x 34.6cm; (image borderline) 44.9 x 31.8cm.
Inscribed in
plate: (upper centre) “ŒUVRES/ DE/ J. B. HÜET.”; (within the image borderline
at lower left edge) “J. B. Hüet l'an 7”; (below the image borderline at centre)
“A Paris, chez Huet fils, Rue de la Liberté, No.88.”
See the
description of this print offered by the British Museum (inv. no. 1860,0211.204).
Condition: a
strong and well-printed impression in excellent condition for its considerable
age and size with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I am selling
this rare title plate etching that is outstanding in terms of the print’s huge
size and the sensitive rendering of the wide range of animals portrayed (viz. horse, elephant, deer, cow, dog, goat, lion,
sheep, rabbit, camel, hippopotamus, frog, donkey, wolf, owl and no doubt other
critters that I am unable to identify), for the total cost of AU$332
(currently/approximately US$222.83/EUR205.03/GBP170.82 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$332) as this is my currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this spectacular title page to a compendium of the
artist’s prints, 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
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