Object Details
- graphic artist
- Girard, Louise
- original artist
- Delaroche, Paul
- publisher
- Rittner & Goupil
- Description
- Les Deux Frères by Louise Girard after a drawing by Paul Delaroche (1797–1856) of the children of Monsieur de la Villestreux is executed in the crayon manner, a process invented in France. Using special tools on a plate covered with an etching ground, the artist reproduces a drawing. When printed on the appropriate paper with the right kinds of inks, the reproduction closely resembles the original chalk drawing. The French firm Rittner & Goupil published this print on August 22, 1835. The original artist, Paul Delaroche, painted history subjects and portraits. In his day, he was a popular artist in the academic tradition, and engravings after his paintings sold very well in Britain and the United States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
- 1835
- ID Number
- GA.15249
- catalog number
- 15249
- accession number
- 94830
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Stipple Engraving
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 17 cm x 19.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 7 11/16 in
- sheet: 32.5 cm x 25 cm; 12 13/16 in x 9 13/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Family & Social Life
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Record ID
- nmah_1002835
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8e62-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
