Heliogravure reproducing La consolation de l'absence, engraved by Nicolas de Launay after Nicolas Lavreince: the lady seated in her cabinet reaches out toward the portrait of the absent one, with the medallion of Cupid on the wall and her little dog at her feet. Dedicated to Milady the Countess of Douglas.
Heliogravure reproducing La consolation de l'absence, engraved by Nicolas de Launay after Nicolas Lavreince: the lady seated in her cabinet reaches out toward the portrait of the absent one, with the medallion of Cupid on the wall and her little dog at her feet. Dedicated to Milady the Countess of Douglas.
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: Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen, 1737-1807)
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, with clean margins.