Louis Edouard Debufe, Charity Lady Bountiful 1881
"Charity / Lady Bountiful", a genuine photogravure after the 1875' painting by Louis Edouard Debufe [1818-1883], engraved by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "L.E. Dubufe, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie.". "The Masterpieces of French Art". The Description page for this print is included.
The painting shows Lady Bountiful, a character in the 18th century play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar. 'Lady Bountiful' stands for rich and generous woman.
Louis Edouard Debufe [also L. Edward or Edouard Louis] (Paris, 1818-1883), French painter, who learned the art of painting from his father, Claude-Marie Dubufe (1790-1864) and studied by Paul Delaroche. Until the 1840s, he painted primarily historical and biblical scenes, then switched to portrait painting.
In 1870s-1890s, Goupil & Cie were the leading art dealers in 19th century France, with headquarters in Paris and a network of branches in London, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna, as well as in New York and Australia. Instrumental for this expansion was the "Ateliers Photographiques", a plant north of Paris, in Asnieres, which took up its work in 1869. The photogravures created in this plant dominated the world art market of 1880s-1890s.
The creation of the photogravure plate was a complicated process requiring a work by a photographer and experienced master-engraver. First, a copper plate was coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high-quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph. It is a manual process. Therefore, the quality of the photogravure depends on the masterly execution by the engraver.
In contrary to steel engravings, photogravures were engraved on copper plates and leave a plate impression in the paper. Due to relative softness of copper, the editions of photogravures were limited to a few thousand copies similarly to copper engravings and etchings.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) -------- $20.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) -- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $32.50
Condition Report: design 7.1/14" x 9.1/2" [180mm x 242mm], the entire plate is 11.1/2" x 14.1/2" [290mm x 380mm]; a little aging, small bumped corners, one small surface damage of the blank margin; very good condition [see picture].
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"Charity / Lady Bountiful", a genuine photogravure after the 1875' painting by Louis Edouard Debufe [1818-1883], engraved by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "L.E. Dubufe, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie.". "The Masterpieces of French Art". The Description page for this print is included.
The painting shows Lady Bountiful, a character in the 18th century play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar. 'Lady Bountiful' stands for rich and generous woman.
Louis Edouard Debufe [also L. Edward or Edouard Louis] (Paris, 1818-1883), French painter, who learned the art of painting from his father, Claude-Marie Dubufe (1790-1864) and studied by Paul Delaroche. Until the 1840s, he painted primarily historical and biblical scenes, then switched to portrait painting.
In 1870s-1890s, Goupil & Cie were the leading art dealers in 19th century France, with headquarters in Paris and a network of branches in London, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna, as well as in New York and Australia. Instrumental for this expansion was the "Ateliers Photographiques", a plant north of Paris, in Asnieres, which took up its work in 1869. The photogravures created in this plant dominated the world art market of 1880s-1890s.
The creation of the photogravure plate was a complicated process requiring a work by a photographer and experienced master-engraver. First, a copper plate was coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high-quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph. It is a manual process. Therefore, the quality of the photogravure depends on the masterly execution by the engraver.
In contrary to steel engravings, photogravures were engraved on copper plates and leave a plate impression in the paper. Due to relative softness of copper, the editions of photogravures were limited to a few thousand copies similarly to copper engravings and etchings.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) -------- $20.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) -- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $32.50
Condition Report: design 7.1/14" x 9.1/2" [180mm x 242mm], the entire plate is 11.1/2" x 14.1/2" [290mm x 380mm]; a little aging, small bumped corners, one small surface damage of the blank margin; very good condition [see picture].
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