Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Jules Jacques Veyrassat, “Un Relais. Bords de Sème à Samois”, 1876

Jules Jacques Veyrassat (1828–1893)

“Un Relais. Bords de Sème à Samois” (“A Relay, Banks of the Sème in Samois”), 1876, a proof possibly printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) (based on a related plate held by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0514-875 [BM inv. 1870,0514.875) before lettering with the title and with the publication details showing the widow of Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) (Veuve A. Cadart [Eugène Montrosier] [fl.1875-1882]) as the publisher in Paris (see an impression held by the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire [MAH] of the lettered state: https://www.mahmah.ch/collection/oeuvres/un-relais-bords-de-la-seme-samois/e-2019-0194-005). Note that the lettered state of this plate was published in Paris in 1876 as plate number 6 (of 30) in “l'Eau-Forte en 1876” (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8527611w/f22.item).

Etching with plate tone printed in a dark brown ink on laid paper (Arches MBM Ingres paper) with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 30 x 41.3 cm; (plate) 15.9 x 24 cm; (image borderline) 14.8 x 22.4 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower left corner) “J. Veysassat”.

State i (of ii) before lettering for publication

Beraldi 57 (Henri Béraldi 1892, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: SAINT-MARCEL- ZWINGER”, vol. 12, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 228, cat. no. 57).

Condition: a near faultless impression in a near pristine condition with generously wide margins.

I am selling this very rare and near faultless impression before lettering for AU$243 (equivalent to approximately US$156.95, EUR 138.51, or GBP 118 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes, if any, levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$243).

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkably fine etching by an artist closely associated with the Barbizon School and, interestingly, was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor two years after executing this print—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