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Incroyable et Merveilleuse

Fashion Plate
1814 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Incroyable et Merveilleuse was a set of 33 engravings, published in 1814 , depicting extremely fashionable French men and women. They were engraved by George-Jacques Gatine after drawings by Horace Vernet and Louis-Marie Lanté. Whilst most fashion plates were on a small scale, designed to fit in women's magazines such as the Journal des Dames (which Gatine contributed to), the Incroyable et Merveilleuse plates were on a grander scale, designed for print collectors. Gatine's fashion engravings, particularly the Incroyable et Merveilleuse series, are now considered some of the finest records of French fashion of this period.


Object details

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Object type
TitleIncroyable et Merveilleuse (series title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Horace Vernet. Fashion plate from "Incroyable et Merveilleuse", engraved by George Jacques Gatine, Paris, 1814.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.25in
  • Width: 9.375in
Summary
Incroyable et Merveilleuse was a set of 33 engravings, published in 1814 , depicting extremely fashionable French men and women. They were engraved by George-Jacques Gatine after drawings by Horace Vernet and Louis-Marie Lanté. Whilst most fashion plates were on a small scale, designed to fit in women's magazines such as the Journal des Dames (which Gatine contributed to), the Incroyable et Merveilleuse plates were on a grander scale, designed for print collectors. Gatine's fashion engravings, particularly the Incroyable et Merveilleuse series, are now considered some of the finest records of French fashion of this period.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950.
  • Rene Colas. Bibliographie Générale du Costume et de la Mode, Paris, 1933.
  • Edouard Rahir. La bibliothèque de l'amateur, Paris, 1924
  • Henri Béraldi. Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle. Paris, 1887
Collection
Accession number
E.119-1947

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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