[Annette & Lubin] Annette In the Dress of a Norman Peasant. [&] Lubin In the Dress of a Norman Peasant.
Drawn & Engraved by Tho.s Gaugain from Marmontel's moral Tales.
London Pub'd according to Act Oct.r 20 1780 by T.Gaugain No. 4 Little Compton Street, Soho London.
Fine & scarce pair of mezzotints with line engraving, printed in sepia. Each 340 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"), large margins. Near Mint.
A young woman dressed in rustic peasant attire stands on a road, a basket resting over her arm and a sheep at her side. She gestures toward the left, while the domes and towers of a city rise in the background to the right, all enclosed within an oval frame. A young man in peasant attire stands to the right, carving a branch with a knife. A dog lies at his feet, and a landscape stretches out behind him, all set within an oval frame.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997. See Ref: 51026 for a single plate of Annette.
[Ref: 68270] £450.00
London Pub'd according to Act Oct.r 20 1780 by T.Gaugain No. 4 Little Compton Street, Soho London.
Fine & scarce pair of mezzotints with line engraving, printed in sepia. Each 340 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"), large margins. Near Mint.
A young woman dressed in rustic peasant attire stands on a road, a basket resting over her arm and a sheep at her side. She gestures toward the left, while the domes and towers of a city rise in the background to the right, all enclosed within an oval frame. A young man in peasant attire stands to the right, carving a branch with a knife. A dog lies at his feet, and a landscape stretches out behind him, all set within an oval frame.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997. See Ref: 51026 for a single plate of Annette.
[Ref: 68270] £450.00