[A collection of 44 engravings of mythological scenes, cameo portraits of ancient and mythological persons from ancient gems, etc.; drawn and engraved by E. S. Chéron and others].
Elisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648-1711)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1709 - 1719
Materials
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3220194
Summary
Bibliographic description
[44] leaves of plates (43 single leaves, 1 double leaf) : all ill., ports. ; fol. Running number: 7453. Water-staining throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "44. Plates" [i.e. count of plates, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; water-staining on boards; sewn on six raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title (partially missing) on brown sheepskin label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Elisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648-1711) , artist and engraver Jeanne de La Croix (fl.1705-1720), artist and engraver Ursule de La Croix (fl.1705-1720), artist and engraver Charles Louis Simonneau the elder (Orléans 1645 - Paris 1728) , engraver (printmaker) Henri-Simon Thomassin (1687-1741), engraver (printmaker) Jean Audran (Lyon 1667 - Paris 1756), engraver (printmaker) Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749), engraver (printmaker) Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733), engraver (printmaker) Charles Nicolas Cochin (1688-1754), engraver (printmaker) Louis Cheron (1655-1725), artist and engraver Nicolas Vleughels (Paris 1668 - Rome 1737) , artist Haussard, Jean Baptiste, engraver (printmaker)