Théophile-Narcisse
Chauvel (1831–1909)
“Environs
de Rouen (Seine Inférieure)”, 1873,
printed and published in Paris in 1873 by Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) as
plate 9 in “L'Eau-Forte” (a volume featuring four years of prints).
Etching with drypoint on
laid paper.
Size: (sheet) 24 x 33.9
cm; (plate) 15.8 x 23.6 cm; (image borderline) 14.5 x 21.3 cm.
Numbered on plate above
the image borderline: (right corner) “9.”
Inscribed on plate within
the image borderline: (lower left corner) “th Chauvel 78”
Lettered on plate below
the image borderline: (left) “'Th. Chauvel, del. et scup.”; (centre) “ENVIRONS DE ROUEN (Seine Inférieure).”;
(right) “A. CADART, Edit. Imp. Rue Nve. des Mathurins, 58, Paris.”
IFF 25 (Inventaire du
Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, 1930)
The British Museum offers
a description of this print:
Condition: richly inked, faultless
impression in pristine condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds,
losses, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of use).
I am selling this very
beautiful print executed with great sensitivity—note how each stroke is shaped
with the “right” curve, tone and size to visually explain the form of what is
portrayed … even the vapourous volumes of clouds—for AU$210 (currently US$144.19/EUR128.06/GBP114.90
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 this romantic etching (with drypoint) showing a shepherdess pensively
gazing at towards the estuary of the Seine at a time when lives were being
changed as the new age of mechanisation advanced—perhaps the artist’s treatment
of the twisting and twiggy form of the tree in the foreground stands as an
analogue of the shepheress’ thoughts?—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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