Beschrijving
Bust-length portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, looking to the left. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (1749-1791) was a French writer, orator, statesman and a prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution.
Steel engraving on wove paper, sheet size 235 x 172 mm., platemark 225 x 152 mm. Engraved by Tony Goutière after the painting by Janron. Published in: Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye. Livre des orateurs. Parijs: L.A. Pagnerre, 1842.
Tony Goutière (Toul 1808-1890 Paris) was a French printmaker, illustrator and etcher.He was a student of Jean Thouvenin.
Philippe-Auguste Jeanron (1809-1877) was a French painter, curator and author. He was a passionate republican and he opposed the July Monarchy. After the February Revolution of 1848 was made head of National Museums and Director of the Louvre. His genre pictures typically depicted common people
In very good condition. Sheet edges a little discoloured.
