Four Engravings showing the Consequences of Industry and Idleness
Louis Darcis - gestorben Paris 1801)
Lot-No. 212
Stipple engraving in colours, 59 x 47 cm, each sheet inscribed lo. ri. in the plate "Darcis sculp.", lo. mi. dat. "London published March 25, 1800", min. stains, one sheet min. creases, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Comprises: 1. The effects of extravagance & idleness", 2. "The fruits of early industry & oeconemy", both after paintings by G. Morland; 3. Extravagance & dissipation", 4. "Industry and oeconomy", both after paintings by H. Singleton. - Countess Peel, Hyning Hall, Carnforth. - Engraver a. etcher, autodidact, following the example of F. Bartolozzi a. C.A. Porporati he brought to perfection the stipple engraving a. made a name for himself with reproductions of paintings of well-known artists of his time. - Mus.: Paris. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Louis Darcis: Four Engravings showing the Consequences of Industry and Idleness
Louis Darcis - gestorben Paris 1801)
Four Engravings showing the Consequences of Industry and Idleness
Lot-No. 212
Stipple engraving in colours, 59 x 47 cm, each sheet inscribed lo. ri. in the plate "Darcis sculp.", lo. mi. dat. "London published March 25, 1800", min. stains, one sheet min. creases, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Comprises: 1. The effects of extravagance & idleness", 2. "The fruits of early industry & oeconemy", both after paintings by G. Morland; 3. Extravagance & dissipation", 4. "Industry and oeconomy", both after paintings by H. Singleton. - Countess Peel, Hyning Hall, Carnforth. - Engraver a. etcher, autodidact, following the example of F. Bartolozzi a. C.A. Porporati he brought to perfection the stipple engraving a. made a name for himself with reproductions of paintings of well-known artists of his time. - Mus.: Paris. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.