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J.n Silvain Bailly. Président de l'Assemblée Nationale. Néle 15 7.bre 1736.
J.n Silvain Bailly. Président de l'Assemblée Nationale. Néle 15 7.bre 1736. Collection Genérale des Portraits de M.M. les Députés à l'Assemblée Nationale tenue à Versailles le 4 Mai 1789. A.P.D.R.
De Vogues le J.ne del. A. Sergent excudit. Sergent sculp.
Chez Sergent rue Mauconseil, No 62. A Paris chez le Vache, M.d d'Estampes sous les Colonnades du Palais Royal, N.o 258. Et chez le meme à Versailles, rue des Chantiers, N.o 14.
Fine mezzotint, printed in sepia and black. Plate: 180 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"), very large margins. Faint marking in margins. Very slight repair above Bailly name.
A portrait of French mathematician, astronomer and early political leader of the French Revolution Jean Silvain Bailly (1736-1793). Bailly was the first to take the Tennis Court Oath on June 20th 1789 and became mayor of Paris following the storming of the Bastille. Bailly was executed during the Reign of Terror.
[Ref: 41614]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Jule Mazarin.
Jule Mazarin. Cardinal, Evèque de Metx, Abbé de Saint Arnoul, de St. Clement et de St. Vincent de la meme ville de Metz...né à Piscina dans l’Abruzze le 14 Juillet 1602; mort d Vincennes le 9 Mars 1661. No. 43.
Sergent del et Sculp 1790.
AParis, chez Blin, Imprimeur en Taille-Douce, Place Maubert, No.17, vis-a-vis la Rue des 3-Portes, A.P.D.R.
Coloured aquatint, with large margins. Plate 247 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Some light spotting.
Plate 43 of an unidentified set: bust portrait of Cardinal Mazarin, slightly turned to the right; within oval, with coat of arms at the bottom Jules Mazarin (1602-1661) the French-Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister of France from 1642 until his death. He succeeded his mentor, Cardinal Richelieu. His personal library was the origin of the Bibliotheque Mazarine in Paris.
[Ref: 26892]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Louis Phil. Joseph. Duc D'Orleans. Député de Crepy en Valois.
Louis Phil. Joseph. Duc D'Orleans. Député de Crepy en Valois. Collection Générale des Portraits de M.M. les Députés des trois Ordres, assemblés à Versailles en 1789. A.P.D.R.
A. Sergent sculp. A. Sergent excudit.
Chez Sergent rue Maueonseil. No.62. A Paris chez le Vachez Md. d'Estampes sous les Colonnades du Palais Royal No.258, Et chez le même, à Versaille, rue des Chantiers, No.14.
Aquatint printed in sepia and black with large margins, rare and fine. Plate 235 x 179mm. 9¼ x7".
A bust portrait of Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orléans, wearing a hat embellished with feathers, looking to the right, in an oval fram surmounted by garlands of oak leaves. Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans (1747-1793), actively supported the French Revolution and adopted the name Philippe Égalité, but was nonetheless guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Following his career, the term Orléanist came to be attached to the movement in France that favoured constitutional monarchy. From a series of portraits representing the deputies of the three Orders, published by Levachez from 1789.
[Ref: 23980]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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