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L'Impayable Rentier de l'Etat, Que ne suis-je Camus.
B. inv G.D. Pinx.
[n.d. c.1790]
Engraving, 250 x 180mm (10 x 7"), with very large margins. Slightly creased
Full length portrait of a figure, civil servant or office holder under the Ancien Régime, whose income (the annuity) was perceived as unsustainable or excessive in relation to his work. His cry of "Why am I not Camus...?" part of the title is a reference to the condition of a character named Camus (perhaps, Armand-Gaston Camus (1740–1804)), who is associated with idleness or privilege, perhaps in contrast to the workload or reality of the civil servant depicted in the engraving.
[Ref: 67407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
B. inv G.D. Pinx.
[n.d. c.1790]
Engraving, 250 x 180mm (10 x 7"), with very large margins. Slightly creased
Full length portrait of a figure, civil servant or office holder under the Ancien Régime, whose income (the annuity) was perceived as unsustainable or excessive in relation to his work. His cry of "Why am I not Camus...?" part of the title is a reference to the condition of a character named Camus (perhaps, Armand-Gaston Camus (1740–1804)), who is associated with idleness or privilege, perhaps in contrast to the workload or reality of the civil servant depicted in the engraving.
[Ref: 67407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Vue du Pillage de la Cocagne, à Naples dans la Place appellée il Largo del Castello. Dessinée par Des Pres Architecte Pensionaire du Roi à l'Académie de France à Rome.
Gravé à l'eau forte par Duplessis Bertaux. Terminé au burin par Nicolet.
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾").
A scene of a carnival in Naples. The festival of the Looting of the Cuccagna (a dialect word for kitchen) took place in the Largo del Castello in Naples every Sunday during the Carnival. A cannon fired from the Castel Nuovo (seen here on the left) gave the signal for the people of Naples to storm the Cuccagna and carry away as much food as they could grab. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'.
The original black ink, wash and watercolour on paper is in Waddeston Manor, former home of the Rothschild family, now National Trust (Accession number 1034, Cat No 31). From the Airlie collection, C
[Ref: 57526] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé à l'eau forte par Duplessis Bertaux. Terminé au burin par Nicolet.
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾").
A scene of a carnival in Naples. The festival of the Looting of the Cuccagna (a dialect word for kitchen) took place in the Largo del Castello in Naples every Sunday during the Carnival. A cannon fired from the Castel Nuovo (seen here on the left) gave the signal for the people of Naples to storm the Cuccagna and carry away as much food as they could grab. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'.
The original black ink, wash and watercolour on paper is in Waddeston Manor, former home of the Rothschild family, now National Trust (Accession number 1034, Cat No 31). From the Airlie collection, C
[Ref: 57526] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)