El Primer Espada (after Jean Georges Vibert)
Augustin Mongin (Paris 1843 - Châtillon 1911)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1869
Materials
Paper
Measurements
324 mm (H); 200 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 32850.50
Summary
Print, engraving, El Primer Espada (after Jean Georges Vibert) by Augustin Mongin (Paris 1843 - Châtillon 1911). Print of a pen and ink drawing on paper of a Spanish Matador standing in the entrance to a bull ring. In the bottom left corner hand written in black ink the following: A. Mongia Sculpsit. On the right side of the drawing in black ink the following: J.G Vibert. 1869. On the border to the bottom left in pencil the following: A. Mongia. In the centre on a separate piece of paper stuck to the base paper the following: EL PRIMER ESPADA. In the right corner the following: Vibert 40.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Augustin Mongin (Paris 1843 - Châtillon 1911), engraver (printmaker) Jean Georges Vibert (Paris 1840 - Paris 1902) , artist