Ferdinand Gaillard, “Monseigneur Pie, Évêque de Poitiers”, 1879

Ferdinand Gaillard (aka Claude Ferdinand Gaillard) (1834-87)

“Monseigneur Pie, Évêque de Poitiers” (Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers), 1879, engraving printed by Charles Chardon aîné (fl.1850–1880) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “La Gazette des Beaux-Arts” (1^st March 1879), as an insert between pages 226 and 227.

Engraving on chine collé (China) paper removed from its original backing and laid onto a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (chine collé sheet) 22.4 x 15.9 cm; (image borderline) 19.3 x 14.3 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left [partially trimmed]) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”; (centre) “MONSEIGNEUR PIE/ ÉVÊQUE DE POITIERS”; (right) “Dessiné et Gravé par GAILLARD/ Imp.Ch. Chardon ainé”.

Beraldi 40 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du Dix-Neuvième Siècle: DORÉ –GAVARD”, vol. VI, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 207, cat. no. 4 [see https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e06berauoft/page/206/mode/2up]); IFF 66 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds, Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 318, cat. no. 66 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489221t/f330]).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2006-U-1329 [BM inv. 1981,U.438]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with small margins and laid upon a sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this technically outstanding and very beautiful engraving by one of the most skilful of the 19^th century master engravers, for a total cost of AU$242 (currently US$152.99/ EUR 146.29/ GBP 121.84 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to any location worldwide. Please note that import duties or taxes may apply in certain countries and are not included in the price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$242).

If you are interested in purchasing this breathtakingly fine engraved portrait of Cardinal Louis Edouard Pie (aka Bishop Poitiers) (1815–1880) in the year that he was made Cardinal (1879), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.