Description Medium: Aquatint etching, printed in color (a la poupee) and hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 42.1 x 36.6 cm (16.57 x 14.41 inch). Image size: 42.1 x 36.6 cm. (16.57 x 14.41 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Tear in top left margin and at right top paper edge. Bottom folded over from previous framing. Image fine. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. PAUL ET VIRGINIE, DESCOURTIS, SCHALL, BOURDONNAIS, FRENCH LITERATURE, ROUSSEAU, MAURITIUS, 18TH CENTURY COLOR PRINT, AQUATINT | PCO-B9-30 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From the illustrated series of Paul et Virginie, after the novel by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, ca. 1795. Reference: BnF RESERVE AA3 (Descourtis), Musee Leon Dierx cat. pp.114?116. Biography engraver: Charles-Melchior Descourtis (1753-1820) was a French engraver renowned for his color aquatints in the manner of drawings. He specialized in literary and romantic subjects and helped popularize colored prints in Revolutionary and Directoire France. Biography artist: Jean-Frederic Schall (1752-1825) was a French painter and draughtsman known for his light Rococo and sentimental compositions, often with moral or narrative themes. He was closely associated with literary illustration.
