Marchand Franc.
G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roi. [n.d., 1714.]
Etching, 360 x 250mm. 14¼ x 9¾". Trimmed at lower platemark. Some staining and surface dirt.
A French merchant-trader in Turkish dress holding out some papers, one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' 1714. Numbered '61.' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
Capper Archive.
[Ref: 10516] £180.00
Avec Privilege du Roi. [n.d., 1714.]
Etching, 360 x 250mm. 14¼ x 9¾". Trimmed at lower platemark. Some staining and surface dirt.
A French merchant-trader in Turkish dress holding out some papers, one of a series of 100 characters observed on his travels by Charles comte de Ferriol, marquis d'Argental, French ambassador to the Turkish Sultanate. From 'Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 & 1708. Par la Ordre de M. De Ferriol Ambassadeur du Roi a La Porte' 1714. Numbered '61.' lower right. By French engraver and publisher Gérard Scotin I (1643 - 1715).
Capper Archive.
[Ref: 10516] £180.00