Jules Héreau, “Un Maréchal Ferrant”, 1863

Jules Héreau (1839–1879)

“Un Maréchal Ferrant” (A Farrier), 1863

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching with drypoint on fine laid paper with generously wide margins as issued. Plate 79 from the second volume of Eaux-fortes modernes, produced by the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers, active 1862–1867). It was published and printed in Paris by Cadart & Luquet (Alfred Cadart and Jules Luquet).

The impression is richly inked with strong contrasts and is structurally faultless. The sheet is in near-pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 31.9 x 44.1 cm
• Platemark: 23.8 x 31.9 cm
• Image borderline: 15 x 19.5 cm

In-Plate Lettering:

• Above the image at right: “79.”
• Within the image at lower left: “J. H 63”
• Below the image at left: “J. Héreau sculp.^t”
• Below the image at centre: “UN MARÉCHAL FERRANT. / Paris, Publié par A. CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu.”  
• Below the image at right: “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacuqes, 303, Paris.”

References:

• IFF 1 (Jean Adhémar, et al., “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: GUILLAUME–HUMBERT”, vol. 10, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1958, p. 297, cat. no. 1) IFF 1—https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489209c/f309.item
• British Museum: Museum No. 1864,1008.289 (Note: The British Museum archives translate the title as “A Blacksmith”)—https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1864-1008-289

Price & Shipping:

AU$238 (approximately US$165.24 / €144.34 / £123.64), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

To acquire this intimate glimpse into the rhythmic, everyday workspace of a French farrier's shop during the mid-nineteenth century—note the watchful black dog sitting to the left, a traditional woven wicker basket on the floor alongside a dropped horseshoe, and the thick, acrid plume of smoke rising as two men set a hot shoe to the hoof—please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. Secure payment is handled via PayPal invoice for a smooth, protected transaction.

Leon Dansaert’s etching, “La Rentrée du Pierrot”, 1863

Leon Dansaert (aka Leon Marie Constant Dansaert) (1830–1909)

“La Rentrée du Pierrot” (The Return of the Pierrot), 1863, plate 40 from the series, “Eaux-Fortes Modernes”, published in Paris by A. Cadart & Luquet (fl.1863–1867) in the first volume of prints produced by the Société des Aquafortistes, printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907).

Etching on heavy laid paper with wide margins and blind stamped with the seal of the publisher (A. Cadart & Luquet).

Size: (sheet) 46.1 x 31.9 cm; (plate) 33.6 x 23 cm; (image borderline) 22.3 x 16.6 cm.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (right corner) “40”.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left corner) “L. Dans[aert]”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “L. Dansaert sculp^t.”; (centre) “LA RENTREE DU PIERROT./ Paris, Publié par A. CADART & F. CHEVALIER, Editeurs, Rue Richelieu, 66.”; (right) “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacques, 3o3, Paris.”

Blindstamped below the platemark: (centre) “A. Cadart & Luquet/ Editeurs/ 79. R[ue]. Richelieu”.

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1864-1008-248.

Condition: a richly inked impression with generously wide margins in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this darkly luminous and poetically beautiful etching showing the famous pantomime character, Pierrot, holding a candle that softly illuminates the scene as he leans against a door after losing the love-of-his-life, Columbine, for AU$256 in total (currently US$171.11/EUR154.82/GBP136.29 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.

If you are interested in purchasing this romantic etching exemplifying the late 19th century fascination with the effects of light, 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

Xavier de Dananche’s etching, “Sous Bois”, 1863

Xavier de Dananche (1828–1894)

“Sous Bois” (Underwood), 1863, plate 80 from the series, “Eaux-Fortes Modernes”, published in Paris by A. Cadart & Luquet (fl.1863–1867) in the second volume of prints produced by the Société des Aquafortistes, printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907).

Etching on buff coloured chine collé on heavy wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 41.2 x 28.7 cm; (plate) 36.4 x 24.3 cm; (chine collé) 34.7 x 23.6; (image borderline) 32.4 x 23.2 cm.

Numbered (partially legible) in plate above the image borderline: (right corner) “80”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Xavier Dananche pinx^t. & sculp^t.”; (centre) “SOUS BOIS./Paris, Publié par A. CADART & LUQUET, Éditeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu.”; (right) “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacques, 3o3, Paris.”

Condition: a richly inked impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this darkly luminous and poetically beautiful etching showing a forest stream with a female nude resting in a hammock at left in the near distance (my apologies if I am misreading this curiously romantic figure) executed by a pupil of the legendary Corot for AU$247 in total (currently US$165.09/EUR149.38/GBP131.49 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.

If you are interested in purchasing this marvellous and reasonably large etching, printed in velvety rich blacks exemplifying the late 19^th century fascination with the effects of light, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Léo Drouyn’s etching, “Paysage”, 1863

Léo Drouyn (aka François Joseph Léo Drouyn) (1816–1896)

“Paysage”, 1863, plate 273 from the series, “Eaux-Fortes Modernes”, printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and published in Paris by Cadart & Luquet (fl. 1863–1867) in the fifth volume of sixty prints (beginning at plate 241 following on from the previous volume), “Eaux-Fortes Modernes: Originales et Inédites” (September 1866–August 1867), produced by the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers).

Etching laid paper stamped with the Cadart & Luquet blindstamp at lower centre.

Size: (sheet) 47.8 x 30 cm; (plate) 32.2 x 24 cm; (image borderline) 27.8 x 20.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper left corner) “Leo Drouyn/ avril 1863”.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (right corner) “273.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “L. Drouyn sculp.”; (centre) “PAYSAGE./ Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu.”; (right) “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacques, 303, Paris.”

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Plate 273: pastoral landscape with couple standing on small bridge over stram, surrounded by trees; from the fifth volume of prints produced by the Société des Aquafortistes. 1863” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1867-1214-36).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins in almost pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb etching of a light-filled forest with a man fishing off a narrow rustic bridge while steadying a female companion (his daughter?), for AU$281 in total (currently US$186.71/EUR174.39/GBP153.59 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 very beautiful etching revealing the artist's affinity with the concerns of the Barbizon movement—interestingly, Drouyn spent several years painting outdoors with Jules Coignet—and as a draughtsman of the smallest of details—an attribute in keeping with his fame as an authority on Romanesque art and medieval architecture—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Ferdinand Roybet’s etching, “Le Repos”, 1865

Ferdinand Roybet (aka Ferdinand V L Roybet) (1840–1920)

“Le Repos”, 1865, Plate 214 from the series, “Eaux-Fortes Modernes”, printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and published in Paris by Cadart & Luquet (fl. 1863–1867) in the fourth volume of sixty prints (beginning at plate 181 following on from the previous volume), “Eaux-Fortes Modernes: Originales et Inédites” (September 1865–August 1866), produced by the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers).

Etching with plate tone on watermarked handmade paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 31.3 x 42.9 cm; (plate) 24.1 x 32 cm; (image borderline) 18.3 x 26.6 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left corner) “65 F. Roybet”.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (upper right) “214.”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F.Roybet sculp.”; (centre) “LE REPOS./ Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Rue Richelieu.”; (right) “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacques, 303, Paris.”

Beraldi 5 (Henri Beraldi 1891, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècke; guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes”, vol. 11 [XI], Paris, L Conquet, p. 274, cat. no. 5, Faneuses [Haymakers] 1865).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Plate 214: agricultural workers resting in field, in shade of haystack, figure on cart seen beyond to left” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1866-1110-1395).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins in almost pristine condition (i.e., there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains, foxing or signs of handling).

I am selling this superb etching showing a family of haymakers resting in shade to escape the heat of the midday sun—note how the artist has created a transition in his use of line to express the searing heat of the day leading from multi-directional strokes rendering the dark foreground, vertical and horizontally crossed lines in the middle distance and aligned vertical marks to suggest far distance—for AU$256 in total (currently US$193.31/EUR165.47/GBP140.17 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. Note that this large sheet will be rolled in a tube for shipping.

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkably beautiful etching executed in the spirit of the Barbizon School, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.