Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus" and "ob. 1667, aet. 49.", Date and place of publication surmised from data on similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,59.4., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
785.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, his second with American John Jeffries and the first flight over the English Channel
Alternative Title:
Premier passager aerien de la mer and Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched above title: Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, Pensioné de Roi, Citoyen de Calais., "Avec Privilege du Roi"--Following imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Six lines of verse, signed "Basset" at the end, in two columns below title: Le Pécheur qui sur l'eau tenait son bras tendu ...
Publisher:
Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. and Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z,&). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from first plate in this series. Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "A.P.D.R.", Number 3 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image no.1 in this series: Cahier de six Berlines à l'Angloise. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from first plate in this series. Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "A.P.D.R.", Number 2 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image no.1 in this series: Cahier de six Berlines à l'Angloise. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from first plate in this series. Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "A.P.D.R.", Number 5 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image no.1 in this series: Cahier de six Berlines à l'Angloise. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Y). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from first plate in this series. Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "A.P.D.R.", Number 6 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image no.1 in this series: Cahier de six Berlines à l'Angloise. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z, &). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "Avec privilege du roy.", Number 1 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A design for a carriage showing a side view and a view from the back with a scale; there is also a third view, from the undercarriage with the parts identified in alphabetic order (A-Z,&). On the left edge is the key (Renvoi du Plan) with the descriptions of the lettered parts
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint from first plate in this series. Date of publication from Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris., "A.P.D.R.", Number 4 in a series of six plates, identified by an "D" in the upper right corner of the plate. Series title etched above image no.1 in this series: Cahier de six Berlines à l'Angloise. Series number etched in lower right corner., The draftsman Janel worked from 1760 to 1790; see: Guilmard, D. Les maítres ornamentistes. Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881., and Housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather label "Staatswagen" with other prints in this series. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez Chéreau, rue des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, English, French, and German
A collection of theatrical costume drawings from a variety of sources in a variety of mediums on paper and pasteboard, mostly unidentified but some signed: two by Lucien Besche, one by Herbert Norris, one by C.A. Stothard, two by Charles Wilhelm and two idenitified only by the initials T.O., with dates ranging from the last quarter of the 18th century through 1925. Also includes one print of Charles Kean. The 18th century drawings show women's costumes for a variety of unidentified productions in a variety of period dress, including a group of five drawings of classical Roman figures and deities, a drawing for a costume for Lady Macbeth, and Stothard's drawing for Henry V. Later costume drawings include three pen drawings of mid-19th characters, one of whom is in a train carriage, a "Wood Gatherer" costume from London Lyceum Theatre's 1893-1894 production of 'Cinderella' , Bosche's 1892 drawing of a female warrior for "The 40 thieves". Some drawings include notes about the fabric and colors to be used, address of vendors, etc
Description:
For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. and Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject (Topic):
Costume design, Actors, English, and Costume design drawings
