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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.16
People
G. Texier, French (Paris c.1750 - after 1824)
After Louis-Léopold Boilly, French (La Bassée, France 1761 - 1845 Paris, France)
Title
Filial Friendship (recto and verso)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Amitié Filiale
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1798
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354796

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Image: 52.5 × 42.8 cm (20 11/16 × 16 7/8 in.)
Plate: 60.7 × 47 cm (23 7/8 × 18 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 63.5 × 50 cm (25 × 19 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, bottom left, in plate: Boilly déln. [in dots]
  • inscription: recto, bottom right, in plate: G. Texier. Sculp. [in dots]
  • inscription: recto, bottom center, in plate: L'Amitié Filiale / A Paris, chez Depeville m. d'Estampes, rue des Mathurins, aux deux Pilastres d'Or.
  • inscription: verso, bottom right, in plate: Boilly déln. [in dots]
  • inscription: verso, bottom right, in plate: G. Texier. Sculp. [in dots]
  • inscription: verso, bottom center, in plate: L'Amitié Filae
  • collector's mark: verso, bottom right, black ink: F H R [F and R inside of H] [Frederic Robert Halsey, Lugt 1308]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918) (Lugt 1308), New York, sold [through Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, Halsey Sale Part IX, April 24, 1917, lot 66]. Private Collection, Germany (1960-1980s). [Emanuel von Baeyer, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
proofs

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Proofs printed on both sides of the sheet. The verso is the final proof and the recto is the penultimate state.

Publication History

  • Henry Harrisse, Louis Boilly: Peintre, Dessinateur et Lithographe (1761-1845), Société de propagation des livres d'art (Paris, 1898), p. 88, no. 63 [reference citation]
  • The Frederic R. Halsey Collection of Prints, Part IX: French Prints of the Eighteenth Century, auct. cat., Anderson Galleries (New York, April 24, 1917), p. 20, lot 66

Verification Level

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