| Title: |
La Folie du Jour: Directoire (The Folly of the Day: Directoire Period, 1795-99) |
| Engraver: |
Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet Paris, 1797 - ?) |
| Designer: |
Boilly, Louis Leopold (La Bassee (Lille) (1761 - Paris, 1845) |
| Publisher: |
Pauquet Freres, Paris (Pauquet Brothers) |
| Date: |
1864 |
| Medium: |
Original Hand-Coloured Engraving |
| Source: |
Modes et Costumes Historiques (Fashions and Historical Costumes) |
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The Pauquet Brothers:
In the mid nineteenth century the Paris publishing house of Pauquet Freres
created a number of fine costume portfolios containing original steel
or wood engravings. La Folie du Jour: Directoire is from their
greatest series of images entitled, Modes et Costumes Historiques.
(Fashions and Historical Costumes). The entire set was published in one
edition only, in 1864. Containing a total of ninety-six plates, each
hand-coloured engraving bears the title, name
of the original designer and the period of time within French history
along the lower margin. |
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Each engraving was based upon a design of an artist of
that period -- in this case, the masterful and often satirical art of
Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845). The plates were all engraved by the
Pauquet brothers (sometimes individually, sometimes together) and the
hand-colouring took place before publication. The workmanship found in
these engravings place them among the finest costume plates of the nineteenth
century. In the case of La Folie du Jour: Directoire, the representation
of an actual dance technique makes this work even more priceless. |
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The elder brother, Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet Paris, 1797 - ?, exhibited
his paintings, engravings and lithographs at the Paris Salon from 1821
to 1849. After that period, he engraved for various publications in both
Paris and London. Hippolyte Pauquet produced wood engravings after the designs
of Henry Vizetelly for the Illustrated London News, and in Paris for Le
Magasin picturesque and L'Illustration. |
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The younger brother, Polydor Jean Charles Pauquet Paris, 1800 - ?, worked
almost entirely in collaboration with Hippolyte Pauquet. Their styles of draughtsmanship
are so harmonious that individual attribution is difficult. This particular
work, however, is signed in the plate to the lower left, "H. Pauquet",
which makes it the work of Hippolyte. |
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Louis Leopold Boilly: In his early years, Boilly was primarily
a portrait painter. But by 1730, he had completed a large number of works
in all genres. Today, the artist is remembered most for his fine series
of caricatures. In 1833, Boilly received the covetted French Legion of
Honour. Many of his paintings ar in the permanent collection of the Louvre. |
| Size: |
8 1/4 X 5 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
| Buy Now |
Price: $195.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full
margins as created by the Pauquet brothers in 1864. This engraving
is in excellent condition throughout with beautiful, original hand-colouring.
Altogether, La Folie du Jour: Directoire represents a premier example
of nineteenth century French engraving. |
| Subject: |
Pauquet Freres, Pauquet brothers, Hippolyte Louis Emile
Pauquet, Polydor Jean Charles Pauquet, La Folie du Jour: Directoire (The
Folly of the Day: Directoire Period), original hand-coloured engraving,
nineteenth century French costume engraving, Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845),
dance technique, French Revolutionary Government. |
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