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Description: This old antique print originates from: 'Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes depuis l'origine de la gravure, avec une notice des principales estampes qu'ils ont grav�es : suivi du Catalogue des �uvres de Jacques Jordans et de Corneille Visscher, Paris, 1767, in-8 ; re-edition, 1789. This work contains many original plates as well as some plates copied by Basan after others.
Artists and Engravers: This plate by Augustin de Sint Aubin. Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807), French engraver. Author: Pierre-Francois Basan (Paris 1723-1797) is a French engraver. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daulle. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1789.
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Subject: Plate : This plate shows portraits of Voltaire, Lebaumelle and Freron.
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Light staining. Small tear bottom margin not affecting image. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 12.5 x 20 cm. The image size is ca. 9 x 14 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4.9 x 7.9 inch. The image size is ca. 3.5 x 5.5 inch.
Medium: Engraving and stipple engraving on a verge type of hand laid paper.
Location: C23-35
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