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Jacques Delille

Print
August 1802 (published)
Artist/Maker
J. Gabriel Dufour (publisher)
Young, John (engraver)
Richardson, William (publisher)
Mosnier, Jean-Laurent (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)
Paris (published)

Portrait, half-length, facing half right, within a plain rectangular border.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleJacques Delille (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait, within a plain rectangular border, of Jacques Delille (1738-1813). Mezzotint by John Young after Jean-Laurent Mosnier, 1802.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, facing half right, within a plain rectangular border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.2cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
French School
Copy number
3rd state
Marks and inscriptions
'Peint part J. L. Monnier [sic] des academies de Paris et de Londres. Gravé par J. Young graveur de S.A.R. Mgr. Le Prince de Galles. Le tableau original appartenant à M. de St. Morys à été peint au moment ou M. Delille recitoit ses vers le Aout. 1802. Pubilé a Londres par W. Richardson Villiers Street, Strand. à Paris par J. Gabriel Dufour libraire rue de Tournon et depose suivant a loi. Dans les 2des epreuves les noms du graveur et du peintre seulement restent esquissés.' (Lettered with name of sitter, 4 lines of French verse and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subject depicted
Delille, Jacques
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.673-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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