Research Catalog

Title

Lettre sur les éléments de la gravure [graphic] / par A. Potément.

Author

Martial, A. P., 1828-1883.

Publication

1864.

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

5 prints : etching; 27.8 x 18.2 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Four pages of etched text with illustrations, accompanied by etched title page. Title page depicts a trompe-l'oeil design of a folded letter with postage stamp. Text is a discussion of etching technique, including the laying of the ground, the biting of the plate & equipment used, such as etching needles.

Subject

• Biting
• Etching (printing process)
• Etching needles
• Etching ground
• Letters in art
• Postage stamps in art
• Trompe-l'oeil

Genre/Form

• Book illustrations – French – 19th century.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• A.P. Martial is the pseudonym of Adolphe-Martial Potément.

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. 11.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG97-F509

Author

Martial, A. P., 1828-1883.

Title

Lettre sur les éléments de la gravure [graphic] / par A. Potément.

Imprint

1864.

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. 11.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC