Ferdinand Gaillard, “Horace Vernet”, 1863, after Paul Delaroche

Ferdinand Gaillard (also known as Claude Ferdinand Gaillard) (1834–1887)
“Horace Vernet”, 1863

Technical Details & Condition:

This is an exquisite etching (possibly with engraving) on wove paper, based on a drawing of the renowned artist Horace Vernet (also known as Émile Jean Horace Vernet) (1789–1863). Horace Vernet was the son of the painter Carle Vernet and the grandson of Claude Joseph Vernet. The work was created by Paul Delaroche (also known as Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797–1856). For further context, see https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/portrait-dhorace-vernet-dessin-de-paul-delaroche-61521.

This finely executed etching was printed by Chardon aîné (active in the 1850s–1860s) and published in Paris within the art periodical Gazette des Beaux-Arts, on 1 October 1863, spanning pages 320 to 321.

The print is in its final state—state iv (of iv)—after passing through three previous states. The initial state was solely executed in etching; the second featured an incomplete cravat and a half-modelled face possibly with engraving; the third achieved the desired effect with a darker background on the left. The fourth state, as shown here, includes the publication details. It’s worth noting that Beraldi (1887) describes four states, while Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève (IFF, 1954) suggest there are two.

The impression is strong, though the inscribed artist’s details are faint. The sheet is in near-pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains. The image is trimmed within the plate mark, and the sheet has been backed with archival-quality washi paper for support and broad margins.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 25.3 x 17.4 cm

Plate lettering below the image:

• Left: “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”

• Left-of-centre (faint): “Pl Delaroche Del^t”

• Centre: “Horace Vernet”

• Right-of-centre (faint): “F. Galliard sculp^t”

• Right: “Imp. Chardon aîné, 30 r. Hautefeuille Paris.”

References:

• Beraldi 9 (Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du Dix-Neuvième Siècle: DORÉ –GAVARD, 1887, vol. VI, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 198, cat. no. 9) — https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e06berauoft/page/198/mode/2up
• IFF 24 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du Fonds, Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle, 1954, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 315, cat. no. 24) — https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489221t/f327.item

Price & Shipping:

AU$242 (approximately US$162.48 / €138.01 / £120.33), inclusive of worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this technically outstanding and visually stunning etching by one of the most skilled 19th-century engravers—a true masterwork—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Paolo Mercuri, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, c.1858, after Paul Delaroche (2nd copy)

Paolo Mercuri (aka Paul Mercury) (1804–1884)

“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (aka “Jane Gray”), c.1858, after Paul Delaroche’s (aka Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797–1856) painting (1833) in the National Gallery, London (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Lady_Jane_Grey), printed in Paris by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) with the inscribed note: “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff” (From the Gallery of Prince Anatole Demidoff [Count Anatole Nikolaievich Demidov, 1^st Prince of San Donato, 1812–1870]).

Etching with engraving on heavy wove paper, trimmed within the platemark with a margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.7 x 37.5 cm; (image borderline) 29.2 x 35.3 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Peint par Paul De la Roche”; (centre) “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff (right) “Gravé par P. Mercury”.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print (before lettering): (transl.) “Lady Jane Gray is kneeling on a cushion. She is blindfolded and fumbles forward with her hands. In front of her is a chopping block. A man in a rich fur-trimmed cloak bends over her. Next to [them] is the executioner with an axe ready. In the background two crying women” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.339926).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with small margins around the image borderline (1 cm on top and sides and 2.5 cm on the lower margin) and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large and finely executed etching (with engraving)—a true masterwork of nineteenth century reproductive printmaking— for AU$300 (approximately US$192.40, EUR 169.73, or GBP 142.93), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this magnificent and historically important etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Paolo Mercuri’s etching with engraving, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, c.1858, after Paul Delaroche

Paolo Mercuri (aka Paul Mercury) (1804–1884)

“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (aka “Jane Gray”), c.1858 (date based on my earlier listing of another impression of this print [now sold] inscribed with this date), after Paul Delaroche’s (aka Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797–1856) painting (1833) in the National Gallery, London (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Lady_Jane_Grey), printed in Paris by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) with the inscribed note: “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff” (From the Gallery of Prince Anatole Demidoff [Count Anatole Nikolaievich Demidov, 1^st Prince of San Donato, 1812–1870]).

Etching with engraving on heavy wove paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 53.9 x 58.1 cm; (plate) 43.4 x 48.4 cm; (image borderline) 29 x 35.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Peint par Paul De la Roche”; (centre) “Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff/ JANE GRAY/Imprimé par GOUPIL & C^IE. À PARIS”; (right) “Gravé par P. Mercury”.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print (before lettering): (transl.) “Lady Jane Gray is kneeling on a cushion. She is blindfolded and fumbles forward with her hands. In front of her is a chopping block. A man in a rich fur-trimmed cloak bends over her. Next to [them] is the executioner with an axe ready. In the background two crying women” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.339926).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with generously wide margins. Beyond minor surface marks and chips, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its size and age.

I am selling this large and finely executed etching (with engraving)—a true masterwork of nineteenth century reproductive printmaking—for the total cost of AU$306 (currently US$204.53/EUR185.06/GBP162.90 at the time of 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 magnificent and historically important etching with engraving, 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