Heliogravure of an 18th-century gallant scene: a chamber concert in a circular salon with a painted vault, ladies in tall headdresses around the harpsichord and musicians with flute, violin and cello. It reproduces the engraving by Francois Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince.
Heliogravure of an 18th-century gallant scene: a chamber concert in a circular salon with a painted vault, ladies in tall headdresses around the harpsichord and musicians with flute, violin and cello. It reproduces the engraving by Francois Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince.
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 at the press, like an etching, in small runs.
Medium: Heliogravure
Artist / after: Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen, 1737-1807)
Engraver: After the engraving by Francois Dequevauviller (1745-1807)
Date: 1910
Source: French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, London, 1910
Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.6 in (25.3 x 32 cm)
Condition: Good.