Format:
1 print
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etching and engraving
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platemark 53.5 x 74.5 cm, on sheet 57 x 77.5 cm
Series Statement:
Ports de France 6
Content:
Titled 'Seize Vues des Ports de France, peintes par Vernet et graveées par Cochin et le Bas, 1760-78' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829
Content:
Panoramic view of Toulon and its roadstead from mont Faron, with visitors greeted by their hosts and a musician on the steps of their château at left, men helping some women riding donkeys dismount, servants carrying baskets and men bowling at centre, and three hunters with a pack of hounds, a family standing by a fountain and servants preparing a table outdoors at right in the foreground; lettered with title containing coat of arms, production details and plate number below
Note:
The 'Mademoiselle Godefroid' responsible for the lettering could have been either Marie-Charlotte or Adelaide-Françoise Godefroid, both daughters of Marie-Jacobe Godefroid, a painter, dealer and restorer of works in the French Royal Collection who had dealings with both Cochin and Marigny
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British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc
Language:
French
Keywords:
Grafik
Author information:
Vernet, Joseph 1714-1789
Author information:
Cochin, Charles Nicolas 1715-1790
Author information:
Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe 1707-1783
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