Framed and on the wall
Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the print could look; the description says what is included.
Gaston d'Orleans, Commander under Louis XIII, circa 1882
£185
$245 · €220
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- circa 1882
- Sheet size
- 11.2 × 7.9 in (28.5 × 20 cm)
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Coloring
- Original hand color
- Condition
- Good. Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.
- Wardrobe
- Court & couture
- Era
- 1870 to 1900, Bustle
- Stock no.
- BG-13382-52
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This original antique hand-colored wood engraving shows Gaston d'Orleans, Commander under Louis XIII, a plate from Augustin Challamel's La France et les Francais a travers les siecles, Paris, circa 1882. Gaston d'Orleans standing in a slashed doublet and wide breeches with a falling lace collar, a broad plumed hat in his hand and a sword at his side, lettered with his birth at Fontainebleau on 25 April 1608.
This sheet was issued at Paris about 1882 by F. Roy, editeur, in Augustin Challamel's history of France and the French through the centuries, a work crowned by the Academie francaise. Challamel was also the author of a history of fashion in France, and the costume plates are the part of the book he cared about most. They are wood engravings, and the color has been applied by hand over the printed line, which is why the washes sit slightly across the engraved outline in places. This is a wood engraving finished by hand in watercolor. The coloring is bold rather than subtle, which suits the flat decorative drawing, and the strong yellows, reds and blues of the suite are what make these sheets work so well in a group on a wall rather than only as reference illustrations.
Gaston was the king's brother and the perpetual conspirator of the reign, the man every plot against Richelieu was built around, and this is the volume's full length record of how he dressed for the part. Mounted with a wide cream border and framed in gilt it suits a bedroom, a landing or a fitting room, and it sits naturally beside other French decorative material of the later nineteenth century.
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.
