Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. Gaucherel, Léon, 1816-1886.
3. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 24 prints : etching; 32 x 36.3 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Original prints and book illustrations, including title pages for L'Eau-forte en 1878 and 1879. Subjects include landscapes, one possibly a view of Montmartre; allegories of justice and melancholy; Salvatore Rosa and brigands; and men fighting with lions. Book illustrations are for Histoires extraordinaires /d'Edgar Poe and Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires /d'Edgar Poe.

Subject

1. Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673
2. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
3. Brigands and robbers
4. Justice in art
5. Lion in art
6. Lion attacks

Genre/Form

1. Allegories.
2. Book illustrations – French – 19th century.
3. Landscape prints – French – 19th century.
4. Title pages. – 2gmgpc
5. Cancellation proofs.
6. Collectors' marks.
7. Etchings – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. S2. L'Affliction -- S3. L'Envoyé de la Justice -- S4. Salvator Rosa et les brigands -- S20. Un jour de récompense -- S22. Les liens du mal -- S31. Mélancolie -- S32. Le Passé -- S33. L'Arte -- S40. Frontispice de l'Eau-forte en 1878 -- B41. Frontispice de l'Eau-forte en 1879 -- S43. Dans les campagnes de Rome -- S78. Frontispice des Histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe -- S79. Frontispice des Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe -- S80. Parricide -- S81. [Kneeling winged figure with large shield] -- S82. [Four figures: 2 men, 2 women] -- S83. [Battle scene with lions] -- S84. [Reclining man, seated lion] -- S85. [Seated man approached by a lion bearing animal in jaws] -- S86. [Hercules?] -- S87. [Quarry - Montmartre?] -- S88. [Landscape with trees] -- S89. [Landscape with trees] -- S90. [Desolate landscape, figure with 2 small children in background]

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Dates from Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur.
3. S80-S90. Not listed in Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur or in Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle.
4. S82. printed from cancelled plate.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. S2, S4 bear stamp of F. Masson (Lugt 1031). S3. inscribed: à Mr. Léon Gaucherel F. Chifflart.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Chifflart, François Nicolas, 1825-1901.

Title

1. Miscellaneous etchings [graphic] / F. Chifflart.

Imprint

1. 1859-1884.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. S2, S4 bear stamp of F. Masson (Lugt 1031). S3. inscribed: à Mr. Léon Gaucherel F. Chifflart.

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. Gaucherel, Léon, 1816-1886. Collector
3. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC