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[France] Andreossy.
[France] Andreossy. Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale le 15 Prairial, an onze an 9 de la Répl.que Fran.se
Drawn by J. Guerin and engraved by Anth.y Cardon.
à Paris, chez A.A. Renouard Rue Andrés des Arcs. No.42. [n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple. 330 x 242mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to the platemark.
Antonie-François Andreossy (1761-1828) was a French general and diplomat of noble and Italian descent. He served under Napoleon during the French Revolutionary Wars and accelerated through the ranks until in 1800 he was made Général de Division after assisting Napoleon during the 18 Brumaire Coup. After various artillery appointments he was made Ambassador to Britain, the Austrian Empire and the Ottoman Empire until in 1809 he was created a count of the First French Empire. On the fall of Napoleon he was called back to France and held high military administrative offices after the Bourbon Restoration, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1827.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18705]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Ferino.
Ferino. Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale le 1. Thermidor an 9 de la Répl.que Fran.se
Desiné d’après nature, par J. Guerin et Gravé par Elis.th Herhan.
à Paris, chez A.A. Renouard Rue Andrés des Arcs. No.42. [n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple. 330 x 242mm (13 x 9½").
Pietro Maria Bartolomeo, Count Ferino (1746-1816) was one of Napoleon's Generals during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793 he was made senator of the French Republic as part of the Italian Division.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18706]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[France] H.G. Mirabeau.
[France] H.G. Mirabeau.
Drawn by J. Guerin. Engraved by Fiesinger.
Publish'd as the Act directs London Feb.y 10th 1793 by Fiesinger.
Stipple. 355 x 270mm, 14 x 10½". Some spotting of large margins.
Oval portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-91), French writer and revolutionary. In the 1770s he was condemned to death for the "seduction and abduction" of another man's wife, although he was only imprisoned at the castle of Vincennes, where he met the Marquis de Sade. Having reversed his conviction he was elected to the Estates-General in 1789, in which he a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He made secret attempts to negotiate with Louis XIV to achieve this, but died of pericarditis in 1791. Regarded as one of the fathers of the revolution he was buried in the Panthéon, but when his secret negotiations became public knowledge he was disinterred in 1794 and reburied, and his remains are now lost.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection
[Ref: 18592]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[France] H.G. Mirabeau.
[France] H.G. Mirabeau.
Drawn by J. Guerin. Engraved by Fiesinger.
Publish'd as the Act directs London Feb.y 10th 1795 by Fiesinger.
Oval stipple with aquatinted border printed in blue, very fine. Proof. Sheet 315 x 230mm, 12½ x 9". Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-91), French writer and revolutionary. In the 1770s he was condemned to death for the "seduction and abduction" of another man's wife, although he was only imprisoned at the castle of Vincennes, where he met the Marquis de Sade. Having reversed his conviction he was elected to the Estates-General in 1789, in which he a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He made secret attempts to negotiate with Louis XIV to achieve this, but died of pericarditis in 1791. Regarded as one of the fathers of the revolution he was buried in the Panthéon, but when his secret negotiations became public knowledge he was disinterred in 1794 and reburied, and his remains are now lost. The blue border appears only in the proof state: for the published edition the aquatinting was removed.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18595]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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