A Collection of Fifty original etchings of Vieux Paris by Adolphe Martial Potémont. First editions.

Beschreibung

Etchings on rag paper and chine collé,.Mostly in the range of 37 x 26 cm. to 49 x 32 cm. For the etchings that are dated after 1850, the etcher used his own drawings as the source. For the ones dated in the 1830s and 1840s the etcher followed the drawings of the following artists:After drawings from the 1830s and 1840s by Pierre Toussaint Bonnaire (1813-1882); Louis Lemet, (1779 - 1832); Paul Delaroche(1797-1856); Horace Vernet, (1789-1863); Adolphe Varin (1821-1897).Adolphe Martial Potémont aka A.-P. Martial, (Paris, 10 February 1828 - Paris, 14 October 1883) was a pupil of the painters Leon Coignet and Felix Brissot de Warville, followed a general training in landscape painting, but also studied historical painting and portraits. He exhibited his work at the Paris Salon in 1846 and 1882. He Is mainly known for his etchings, notably his views of Paris and its inhabitants before the city was transformed by Haussmann during the 1860s. Reference: Beraldi, II, nos. 1 & 2.

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Titel

A Collection of Fifty original etchings of Vieux Paris by Adolphe Martial Potémont. First editions.

Verlag

Paris: Cadart & Luquet , circa 1860s.

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