Research Catalog

Title

Portraits and reproductive prints [graphic]

Author

Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin, 1833-1922.

Publication

1876-1892.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

9 prints : etchings; 24.4 x 21.6 cm or smaller.

Summary

Portraits of 19th-century French artists, writers, and politicians, including Cogniet, Dumas fils, Gambetta, Renan, and Thiers. One portrait is probably Fides Devries. Also two reproductive prints after paintings by Bonnat, La Lutte de Jacob and Martyre de St. Denis.

Subject

• Cogniet, Léon, 1794-1880
• Denis, Saint, Archbishop of Paris, active 3rd century
• Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895
• Gambetta, Léon, 1838-1882
• Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
• Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892
• Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877
• Martyrdom

Genre/Form

• Portraits – French – 19th century.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.
• Prints – French – 19th century.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Titles from Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Estampes, Inventaire du Fonds Francais, v. 3, p. 124.
• B8 is not an etching, as noted by the artist: "ce n'est pas une eau forte don't misteake [sic]. Ln Bonnat."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 162.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

B1. Léon Cogniet -- B2. Mr. Thiers (1st state) -- B2. Mr. Thiers (2nd state) -- B3. La Lutte de Jacob -- B4. Martyre de St. Denis -- B5. Portrait de M. Renan -- B6. Gambetta sur son lit de mort -- B8. Fides Devries (?) -- B9. Alexandre Dumas fils.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG95-F268

Author

Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin, 1833-1922.

Title

Portraits and reproductive prints [graphic]

Imprint

1876-1892.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 162.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC