Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres, et sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimés en couleurs
Antoine-François Sergent-Marceau
(French, 1751–1847)
Guillaume François Fouques Deshayes Desfontaines
(French, 1733–1825)
Jean Duplessi-Bertaux
(French, 1750–1818)
Jean-Claude Naigeon
(French, 1753–1832)
Marie-Louise (Marceau) Cernel
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Jean-Baptiste Morret
(French, active 1789–1820)
Ridé
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Louis Roger
(French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Louis Lecoeur
(French, 1784–1825)
Antoine-François Sergent-Marceau
(French, 1751–1847)
Beaublé
(French, 18th century)
Pierre Blin
(French, active 1786–1792)
About 1786–92
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 194 etching and engravings printed in colors, with 21 further duplicate impressions laid in
DimensionsOverall (each vol.): 32.3 x 25.8 x 4.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.2393a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Paris: Blin [about 1786-1792]
ProvenanceJohn L. Dudley, Jr. (armorial bookplate dated 1909); acquired in 1917 from Anderson Auctions, New York, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.
Antoine-François Sergent-Marceau
Jean-Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte de Maurepas
1865