A Floral Allegory of
the Pleasures of Fishing

 

Paris, Esnauts et Rapilly, Copper engraving on chainlinked paper.

Plate 6 from the work: "Oeuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs...' published in Paris in 1778.

 

 

The designs for this work were made by the French artist Pierre Ranson ((French, 1736-1786), a designer at the Aubusson tapestry factory who created floral and neo-classical pattern books for ornament.

 

 

 

Dimensions: 22 X 28.5 cm (dimensions of platemark (as shown in first image). There is an additional wide margin - see last photo.

Condition: Some discoloration in the margins (see last photo). Two small holes in outer margin (well outside of platemark).

 

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