Research Catalog

Title

Miscellaneous etchings of military subjects [graphic]

Author

Brown, John-Lewis, 1829-1890.

Publication

1869-1889.

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

13 prints : etching, aquatint, drypoint, roulette; 24.9 x 25.6 cm or smaller.

Summary

Prints depicting group of soldiers and horses at rest, soldier on horseback seen from behind, two mounted soldiers in landscape, foxhunt, horses and soldiers in a courtyard, man on horse, men and horses, three mounted soldiers in a landscape, two separate horse images on one plate, soldier with horses in stable,and mounted soldiers with raised saber and bugle. Also a portrait of George Washington and a border for a program featuring an artist's palette, couples, and soldiers.

Subject

• Washington, George, 1732-1799
• Horses in art
• Soldiers in art

Genre/Form

Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Dates from Bibliothéque nationale, Inventaire du fonds français aprés 1800, v. 3, p. 459-61.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aids available.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900, except B13 which is from the Isham Collection.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

• Ba. [Group of soldiers in vast wilderness] -- Bb. Washington -- Bc. [Soldier on horseback seen from rear] -- Bd. En Vedette -- Be. [Horses in stable] -- Bf. [Foxhunt] -- Bg. [Man on horseback in woods] -- Bh. [Horses and riders] -- Bi. [Two separate images of horses] -- Bk. [Three soldiers on horseback in desert] -- Bl. [Two horses in stable with soldiers] -- Bm. [Soldier with raised saber and soldier with bugle] -- B13. Programme, Cercle de l'Union Artistique (?).
• Titles for Bb, Bd, and B13 from Bibliothéque Nationale, Inventaire du Fonds Français aprés 1800, v. 3, p. 459-61.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG95-F305

Author

Brown, John-Lewis, 1829-1890.

Title

Miscellaneous etchings of military subjects [graphic]

Imprint

1869-1889.

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

Finding aids available.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900, except B13 which is from the Isham Collection.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC