Folies à la mode
Print
1788 (made)
1788 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Portrait format etching in black and white, depicting a 'Folie à la mode,' (a fashionable folly). This etching depicts a collector of antiques, sitting at a table, lit by candlelight, working on something. He is surrounded by antiques such as weapons and vases, and there is a toy horse down the back of his chair. It is inscribed in German at the bottom.
Object details
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| Title | Folies à la mode (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, paper |
| Brief description | 'Folies à la mode,' etching, One of a set of twelve numbered prints by Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki, Germany, 1788. |
| Physical description | Portrait format etching in black and white, depicting a 'Folie à la mode,' (a fashionable folly). This etching depicts a collector of antiques, sitting at a table, lit by candlelight, working on something. He is surrounded by antiques such as weapons and vases, and there is a toy horse down the back of his chair. It is inscribed in German at the bottom. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Der Anticken Liebbaber
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. J. H. Brodigan. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.417-1934 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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