Original line engraving titled La Toilette, a gallant dressing-room scene after the composition of Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, engraved by Nicolas Ponce. The image is framed by a wide border of rosettes and finished with a cartouche bearing the title and the words Avec Privilege du Roi. Printed on laid paper.
Original line engraving titled La Toilette, a gallant dressing-room scene after the composition of Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, engraved by Nicolas Ponce. The image is framed by a wide border of rosettes and finished with a cartouche bearing the title and the words Avec Privilege du Roi. Printed on laid paper.
It was published in London in 1910 for French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century by H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, the standard survey of French gallant printmaking of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper
Artist / after: Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (composition)
Engraver / lithographer: Nicolas Ponce
Date: 1910 printing; 18th-century composition
Source: French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, London, 1910
Dimensions: Sheet 10.0 x 12.6 in (25.3 x 32 cm)
Condition: Very good; clean paper, mounted on a support sheet