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.

Eugène Burney, “Portrait de Monseigneur de Ségur”, 1881, after Ferdinand Gaillard

Eugène Burney (aka François Eugène Burney) (1845–1907)

“Portrait de Monseigneur de Ségur” (Louis-Gaston de Segur), 1881, pencil-signed proof-state impression before lettering with publication details (see published state: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2016/07/edward-francis-burneys-etching-portrait.html), with a signed dedication by the artist to Monsieur Couston, after a painting by Ferdinand Gaillard (1834-1887).

Etching on fine laid (China) paper pencil-signed by the artist with a dedication.

Size: (uneven sheet) 35.8 x 27.2 cm; (plate) 32.9 x 24 cm; (image) 29.9 x 21.8 cm

Inscribed with a pencil signed dedication by Burney (lower right): “A Monsieur Couston/ hommage de l'auteur/ [Eugène] Burney” (To Mr. Couston, homage from the author, Eugène Burney).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print in its later published state: “Portrait of Louis Gaston de Ségur, half-length to front, hands folded, against a dark background; published in "L'Art", 1881/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1882-0211-267).

The British Museum also gives the following biographical details about the sitter of the portrait, Louis Gaston de Ségur (1820–1881): “Priest; envoy to Rome but had to return to France after becoming blind, 1856, and devoted his life to charity; son of novelist Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG239686).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains (there is unevenness of tone in the margin).

I am selling this exceptionally rare pencil-signed proof-state etching exhibiting the highest order of technical skill, for a total cost of AU$302 (approx. US$196.67, EUR 167.27, or GBP 146.52). Global express shipping is included. Import duties, if any, are the buyer's responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this strong image of a man clenching his fist in determination—perhaps in dealing with his debilitating blindness—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Ferdinand Gaillard, “Dante”, 1872

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

“Dante”, 1872, engraving of the bronze bust by an unknown mid-19th-century sculptor of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), now in the Wallace Collection (inv. S150). The engraving was printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1 August 1872, between pages 122 and123. 

Engraving on buff cream chine collé on heavy wove paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 22.2 x 16.9 cm; (plate) 18 x 15 cm; (chine collé/image borderline) 16.8 x 20.8 cm..

Lettered in plate within the image borderline/chine collé: (lower left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (lower centre) “DANTE/ Bronze du XV^e. Siècle/ ( Galerie de sir Richard Wallace )”; (at right following the lower edge of the sculpture) “C. F. GAILLARD SC.”; (lower right) “Imp. A. Salmon – Paris.”

State iii (of iii), published state with the addition of the title and the publication details.

Beraldi 27 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du Dix-Neuvième Siècle: DORÉ –GAVARD”, vol. VI, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 201, cat. no. 27 [see https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e06berauoft/page/200/mode/2up]); IFF 41 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds, Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 317, cat. no. 41 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489221t/f328.item]).

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2006-U-2666.

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression 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 significant stains.

I am selling this technically outstanding and very beautiful engraving by one of the most skilful of the 19^th century engravers, for a total cost of AU$242 (approximately US$158.10, EUR 134.67 or GBP 116.02), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this breathtakingly fine engraving in which the lines are so minute and close together that they almost disappear when the engraving is viewed at a distance, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Ferdinand Gaillard, “Sister Rosalie”, 1886

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

“Sister Rosalie” (“La Sœur Rosalie”)—aka Jeanne-Marie Rendu (1787–1856) famous for her charitable works and awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1879, 1886, printed in Paris by Chardon et Sormani (1880–1890; Charles Chardon [fl.1850–1880]) and published in the final state in 1886 with a small engraved a head of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660) in the manner of a remarque at lower centre.

Engraving on cream chine collé on heavy wove paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 32.4 x 24.4 cm; (chine collé) 26.6 x 20.8 cm; (plate) 25 x 19.1 cm; (image borderline) 19.2 x 15.3 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “F. GAILLARD DEL ET SCULP./ SŒUR ROSALIE”; (right) “Imp. Chardon et Sormani”.

State xix (of xix [Beraldi]/xxiv [IFF]) with the addition of the title and publication details.

Beraldi 48 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du Dix-Neuvième Siècle: DORÉ –GAVARD”, vol. VI, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, pp. 211–12, cat. no. 48 [see https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e06berauoft/page/210/mode/2up]); IFF 77 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds, Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 319, cat. no. 77 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489221t/f331]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression 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 engravers—the world needs a major publication devoted to this amazing but sadly overlooked engraver! —for a total cost of AU$242 (approximately US$158.09, EUR 134.90 or GBP 115.20), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this breathtakingly fine engraved portrait that Henri Beraldi (1887) describes (in transl.) as an “exceptional work, created almost intuitively on imperfect documents” (p. 212), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.