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.

Portraits of Théodore Géricault by Francisque Noël (lithograph) & Georges Gorvel (engraving) after Horace Vernet

A pair of portraits (viz. a lithograph and an engraving) of Théodore Géricault (aka Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault) (1791–1824)

Francisque Noël (fl.c.1824–1825)

“Portrait of Géricault”, 1923, a rare proof-state lithograph before lettering for publication (see a lettered state impression held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Australia: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/9.2009/) after a drawing by Vionet (possibly F Vionet [fl. early 1900s]; see Germain Bazin 1987, “Théodore Géricault, étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné”, vol. 1, pp. 219–21), after the portrait of  Théodore Géricault (possibly executed in 1822 or 1823 [MET]) painted by Géricault’s friend and sometimes rival, Horace Vernet (aka Émile Jean-Horace Vernet) (1789–1863) (see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438033).

Lithograph on fine washi paper (possibly chine collé that has become separated from its original backing), proof-state impression before lettering with publication details), backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 21.1 x 15.3cm

Condition: an excellent and strong impression with a restored abrasion (almost invisible) in the background at right, laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

Georges Gorvel (aka Georges Emile Louis Eugene Gorvel) (1866–1938)

“Portrait of Géricault” early 1900s (1923–1938), engraving after the lithograph by Francisque Noël (shown in this listing), after the drawing/intermediary design by Vionet, after  the portrait of Géricault by Horace Vernet.

Engraving on heavy buff coloured wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 25.7 x 20.5cm; (plate) 17.8 x 13.1cm; (image borderline) 15.9 x 12.4cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower right) “G. Gorvel sc”.

Condition: a faultless impression in pristine condition.

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I am selling this pair of prints (lithograph and engraving) of Théodore Géricault for AU$350 in total for the pair (currently US$226.25/ EUR214.60/ GBP178.49 at the time of posting 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$350) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in acquiring this superb pair of portraits of the great Romantic painter who executed “The Raft of the Medusa”—a painting that can never be erased from memory once it has been seen (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Bernard-Romain Julien’s lithograph, “Study of Hands after Horace Vernet”, c1850

Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871)

“Study of Hands after Horace Vernet”, c1850, illustration after the design by Horace Vernet (aka Émile Jean Horace Vernet) (1789–1863) to Bernard-Romain Julien’s drawing course, “Cours de Dessin”, printed and published by Aubert & Cie (fl.c1830s–1880s) in Paris.

Crayon-manner lithograph printed in black on heavy wove paper, trimmed with loss of the upper left corner and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet trimmed unevenly) 45 x 32.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate along lower edge: (left) “[artist’s signature] Julien/ Chez Aubert gal. véro-dodat.”; (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ par Julien d’après Horace Vernet”; (right) “Imp. d’Aubert & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The upper-left corner is truncated and lost and there is a restored torn section on the upper-right edge. The sheet has many surface marks, bumps, chips and tears to the edge—clearly this academic study, designed for students to copy, has a history of being handled.

I am selling this large and exceptionally beautiful lithograph by one of the most famous of 19^th century artists involved in creating academic studies for students to copy, for the total cost of AU$221 (currently US$145.60/EUR137.47/GBP121.80 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 exquisite academic study of hands exhibiting the highest order of skill, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

 

Horace Vernet’s lithograph, “L'homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses”, 1818

Horace Vernet (aka Émile Jean Horace Vernet) (1789–1863)

“L'homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses” (Middle-aged man and his two mistresses), 1818, from the series of 120 lithographs in total with 20 executed by Horace Vernet, 64 by his father, Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet (1758–1836) and 36 by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Lecomte (1781–1857), to illustrate the two volumes of “Fables Choisies de La Fontaine” (Selected Fables of La Fontaine), published by Imprimerie de Fain (fl.1784–1877) in 1818 and printed by Godefroy Engelmann (1788–1839) in Paris.

This is impression is from the first volume (the second plate by Horace) illustrating the seventeenth fable: (transl.) “The Old Woman at all times carried away a bit of the remaining black hair … The youngster also ransacked the white hairs. Both did so much, that our gray head remained hairless …”.

Lithograph on wove paper with margins (as published), backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 25.2 x 34.7 cm; (image borderline) 19.1 x 24.4 cm.

Inscribed on stone within the image borderline: (lower right) “H Vernet”.

Lettered on stone below the image borderline: (centre) “L'homme entre deux ages, et ses deux maitresses”; (right) “Imp. Lith de G Englmann.”

Beraldi 128–146 (Henri Beraldi 1885-92, “Les graveurs du 19e siècle; guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes”, vol. 12, p. 219, cat. nos. 128–146; see this catalogue online offered by archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e12berauoft/page/218/mode/2up/);

Buisard 59 (L M Buizard 1826, “Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique de Mr. J.E. Horace Vernet ...”, imp. de J. Gratiot, p. 18, cat. no. 59; see this catalogue online offered by archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/cataloguedeloeu00buizgoog/page/n30/mode/2up).

Condition: strong impression with margins as published and laid onto a support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. There are scattered dot-like marks (e.g. below the image borderline and a dot stain in the sky to the right of the tree) and there is a collector’s ink stamp verso, otherwise the sheet is in an excellent condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions or signs of foxing).

I am selling this marvellously fresh lithograph exemplifying one of the first uses of the medium of lithography in illustration—for the total cost of AU$156 (currently US$94.79/EUR86.60/GBP76.54 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 superb example of Horace Vernet’s dazzling facility to execute a composition in an amazingly short period of time—on one lithograph he even wrote “fait en dix minutes” (done in ten minutes)! (see Daniel Harkett & Katie Hornstein [2017], “Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture”, Dartmouth College Press, p. 33)—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.