Engraving

Title:

Gilbert Mottier Lafayette, Depute D'Auvergne Aux Etats Generaux De 1789, et Commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1972.021.02

Creator:

Duplessi-Bertaux, JeanArtist; Levachez, Charles Francois GabrielEngraver

Place of Origin:

Paris, France

Date:

circa 1798

Description:

Mezzotint engraving, Gilbert Mottier Lafayette, Depute D'Auvergne Aux Etats Generaux De 1789, et Commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne, drawn and etched by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (1747-1819), engraved by Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez (fl. 1760-1820), c. 1798. Ink on paper. Upper center, circle (4.5") with profile portrait of Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834); facing left, wearing a military uniform. Portrait over rectangular military scene and narrative printed in French beneath. Images and text surrounded by rectangular border. Signed under profile of Layfayette: " Levachex Sculp". Under rectangular illustration on left: "Duplessi-Bertaux inv & del" and in center: "l'An 6. de la Repuv." On right: "Duplessi Bertaux aqua forti". Title below military scene: "GILBERT MOTTIER LAFAYETTE, DEPUTE D'AUVERGNE AUX ETATS GENERAUX DE 1789, et Commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne." Below text and border, lower margin: "*Federation generale au Champ de Mars. le 14 Juillet 1790." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-19.1 W-13.4 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothea B. Tobey

People:

Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, Levachez, Charles Francois Gabriel, Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834), Tobey, Dorothea B. (1904-1996)

Subjects:

Lafayette, Gilbert Mottier