| Title: |
The Halberdier |
| Engraver: |
Ferris, Stephen James 'Stephen Ferris' (Plattsburg, N. Y., 1835 - Philadelphia, 1915) |
| Designer: |
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest 'Jean Meissonier' (Lyons, 1815 - Poissy, 1891) |
| Date: |
1887 |
| Medium: |
Original Etching |
| Note: |
Stephen James Ferris 'Stephen Ferris': An
influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies,
Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris,
under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art
in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for
the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years
as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. |
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Stephen Ferris’s association with American art and
artists is also important. His wife, Elizabeth Moran Ferris, was the sister
of the artists, Thomas and Peter Moran. His son, Jean Leon Gerome Moran,
became a much admired painter in the late nineteenth century. Stephen Ferris
was also a major connoisseur of fine prints, particularly etchings. Over
two thousand of his collected prints are now housed at the Smithsonian
Institution under the title of ‘The Ferris Collection’. |
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Stephen Ferris’s first published etching was created
in 1875. During the following years he created many fine portraits and
figure studies in this medium. Most were based upon the designs of the
artists he admired most, such as, Gerome (his former teacher), Fortuny,
Mouilleron and Meissonier, such as this original etching entitled, The
Halberdier. Some of his finest prints are ‘Orientalist’ in
nature and draw upon scenes of the middle and near East. |
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Jean Meissonier: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier was one of France's most popular painters
of the late nineteenth century. At an early age he moved to Paris and
studied art under Leon Cogniet. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon
in 1836. Fifty years later the Salon held a special, retrospective exhibition
of his art. |
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Famous for his figure studies and military scenes, Jean Meissonier
was decorated by the Legion d'honneur (1846) and named a member of the
Institut (1861). He was also the first artist to receive the Grand Cross
from the Legion of Honour. Today major museums in Amsterdam, St. Petersburg,
London, Paris, Munich, Luxembourg and Versailles include his paintings
in their permanent collections. The largest collections of Meissonier's
art are found in the Wallace Collection, London, and in the Musee d'Orsay,
Paris. |
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Halberdier: The name given to
a guard or soldier armed with a halberd. A halberd is a Medieval weapon
that has an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long staff.
It has been used as a court bodygouard weapon for centuries, and is
the ceremonial weapon of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican still used to this day. The practice of hand-signing impressions of etchings and engravings did not take firm hold until the early twentieth century with the exception of early proof impressions published in the late 19th century. |
| Size: |
5 1/8 X 4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $385.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in 1887. Signed in the plate to the lower left and signed in pencil under the plate-mark. containing some toning in the outer left margin which is well removed from the actual image. Else this impression of The Halberdier is in very good condition throughout and represents a fine, original example of the etched art of Stephen James Ferris. |
| Subject: |
Stephen James Ferris, Stephen Ferris, Jean Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, The Halberdier, Philadelphia painter and etcher, The Ferris Collection, hand signed impression, France's most popular painters of the late nineteenth century. |
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