Flemish smoker (after Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier)
Paul-Adolphe Rajon (Dijon 1842/3 - Auvers-sur-Oise 1888)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
160 mm (H); 119 mm (W)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 32850.9
Summary
Print, engraving, Flemish smoker (after Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier) by Paul-Adolphe Rajon (Dijon 1842/3 - Auvers-sur-Oise 1888) . A seated man holding clay pipe in right hand, with half-filled tankard on table to his left. Bottom left-hand corner of print reads: Meissonier 1818. Below the print, and to the left, it reads: Peint par Meissonier. To the right, at same level: Gravé par Rajon / FUMEUR FLAMAND / Publié and Imprimé par Goupil and Cie. Paris.
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
Paul-Adolphe Rajon (Dijon 1842/3 - Auvers-sur-Oise 1888) , engraver (printmaker) after Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (Lyon 1815 – Paris 1891), artist Goupil & Cie, printer