Chanoinesse de Mons. Je n'ay point l'humeur dédaigneuse J'ayme quand mes amis me parlent franchement: Et quoy que je sois Religieuse, Je me plais à repondre au tendre compliment.
R. B. del. N. B. Sculpsit. Chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Jacques a l'aigle avec privil.
Paris, [n.d. c.1670-1718].
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins. Staining and pencil marks in bottom and right margins. Creased.
An elaborately dressed canoness and memebr of the convent of Mons, holding a scrap of paper or tissue in her right hand. From a set of four representing the nuns from the convent of Mons. Engraved and published by Nicolas Bonnart after his brother Robert Bonnart. The Bonnart brothers were renowned for the breadth of their work on contemporary French fashion and costume.
[Ref: 54878] £130.00
Paris, [n.d. c.1670-1718].
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins. Staining and pencil marks in bottom and right margins. Creased.
An elaborately dressed canoness and memebr of the convent of Mons, holding a scrap of paper or tissue in her right hand. From a set of four representing the nuns from the convent of Mons. Engraved and published by Nicolas Bonnart after his brother Robert Bonnart. The Bonnart brothers were renowned for the breadth of their work on contemporary French fashion and costume.
[Ref: 54878] £130.00