Le carquois epuise - Heliogravure after Baudouin - De Launay 1910

Heliogravure reproducing Le carquois epuise, engraved by Nicolas de Launay after Pierre-Antoine Baudouin: the gallant asleep in an armchair beside the canopied bed while the young woman arranges herself at the mirror. Dedicated to His Highness the Prince de Guemenee, commander of the gendarmes of the king's guard.

From French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, by H. W. Lawrence and B. L. Dighton, published in London in 1910, the image transferred to a copper by photomechanical means and printed by hand in a small run.

Medium: Heliogravure
Artist / after: Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (1723-1769)
Engraver: After the engraving by Nicolas de Launay (1739-1792)
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.