Another Quality Print from
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| Type of print: |
Photogravure - Original vintage antique print
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| Year of printing: |
1889 |
| Artist - Engraver
- Publisher: |
Stewart - n/a - Gebbie & Co.
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| Condition: |
Excellent - Very good - Good - Fair.
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Overall
dimensions of print:
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Including
blank margins: 10 x 14.5 inches (1 inch = 2,54 cm)
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| Type of paper: |
Thick - Heavier, wove
- Medium heavy - Slightly heavier - Thin.
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| Reverse side: |
Blank - With text or pictures. |
| Notes: |
1. Green border around the print in the photo below is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed, it
is
not part of the print.
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Narrative:
| A GAY and festive scene in gay and festive Paris,
painted by an American artist, although his whole education, artistic and
otherwise, has been in France. The painting of The Wedding
Breakfast, which was owned in Philadelphia, first brought young Stewart
into notice as a brilliant colorist, who depicted high life or society
with a graphic power. A ball given by the members
of a HUNT has been an English custom for two centuries, and, next to the
County Ball, was an institution for match-making and general enjoyment.
France, in this instance copying from England, adopted horse-racing and
fox-hunting, and with them the Hunt Ball. All the gentlemen "members of
the hunt " wear the costume of the hunt, generally red, the particular
decoration distinguishing members being a peculiar button, with which only
members are allowed to deck their coats and vests. Of course only the wealthy
and privileged classes can afford to be Members of THE HUNT, and the scene
of the painting is therefore HAUTTON. It affords the
artist an excellent opportunity for brilliant contrast of colors and elegance
of costume, in which Mr. Stewart in this instance has really excelled himself.
Jules Stewart was born at Philadelphia, and was a pupil of Gerome
and of the Spanish masters, Zaniacois and Madrazo. He is one of the leading
painters of the American Colony at the French capital. This painting,
which belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of New York, was a noted feature
of the Paris Exhibition, 1889. |
The clarity and exquisite quality
of the print
imparts a nearly 3-dimensional
appearance to the image.
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