Heliogravure of an 18th-century gallant scene: in a cabinet with a writing desk and a screen, a young man holds back a lady's hand while a third figure spies on them from the doorway. It reproduces the engraving by Jean-Louis Delignon after Nicolas Lavreince. Lettered below, "Les offres seduisentes".
Heliogravure of an 18th-century gallant scene: in a cabinet with a writing desk and a screen, a young man holds back a lady's hand while a third figure spies on them from the doorway. It reproduces the engraving by Jean-Louis Delignon after Nicolas Lavreince. Lettered below, "Les offres seduisentes".
From French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, by H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, published in London in 1910. Heliogravure transferred the image to a copper by photomechanical means and was printed by hand, like an etching, in small runs.
Medium: Heliogravure
Artist / after: Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen, 1737-1807)
Engraver: After the engraving by Jean-Louis Delignon (1755-1804)
Date: 1910
Source: French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, London, 1910
Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.6 in (25.3 x 32 cm)
Condition: Good.