La Nuit - Debucourt Engraving after Hippolyte Lecomte - Paris
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A large original engraving titled La Nuit: under the moon and by torchlight, a party of soldiers halts a berlin and helps a fainting lady beside the outstretched body of a man. Engraved by Philibert-Louis Debucourt after a composition by Hippolyte Lecomte and published in Paris, chez Basset.
A large original engraving titled La Nuit: under the moon and by torchlight, a party of soldiers halts a berlin and helps a fainting lady beside the outstretched body of a man. Engraved by Philibert-Louis Debucourt after a composition by Hippolyte Lecomte and published in Paris, chez Basset.
Debucourt (1755-1832) was the great French master of the tonal print, and the night effect of this impression comes from his command of aquatint. It makes a pair with Le Matin, after the same composer, Hippolyte Lecomte (1781-1857): both were conceived to hang facing each other.
Medium: copper engraving in velvety tones, in the manner of aquatint
Artist / after: Hippolyte Lecomte
Engraver: Philibert-Louis Debucourt
Source: published in Paris, chez Basset
Dimensions: 20.9 x 17.7 in (53 x 45 cm)
Condition: fair; paper toned, with damp staining and wear at the edges of the sheet, visible in the photograph
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A large original engraving titled La Nuit: under the moon and by torchlight, a party of soldiers halts a berlin and helps a fainting lady beside the outstretched body of a man. Engraved by Philibert-Louis Debucourt after a composition by Hippolyte Lecomte and published in Paris, chez Basset.