Engraving

Art

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Engraving

Entry/Object ID

2005.023.004

Description

One of four French colour engravings, late 18th century, most likely published in Paris. Publisher below sight line of the frame. French colored engraving, most likely mezzotint type/or stipple. Colors: Brown, Black, orange, blue, green. EVOUEMENT SUBLIME DU CACIQUE HENRI No. 6 Spanish colonial man is seated next to a naked man, Henri, who is lying down draped in white sheets. The man (Spaniard) draped in blue is inviting a woman who, dressed in a feather skirt, orange sheet in hand, a gold ring around her neck, has been summoned to help cure the ailing Henri. Two female figures are behind the bed wearing orange garments.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2005.023.

Source or Donor

Bennett, Thomas

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Thomas R. Bennett

Made/Created

Artist Information

Mariage, Francois
Le Barbie

Date made

1780 - 1820

Time Period

18th Century

Place

Location

Paris, France

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

bottom

Transcription

"En abordant a l'lle Efpagnole Pizarre apprit que Las-Cafas languissait au bord du tombeau. Il l'alla voir. Gonzalve Davila etait au-pres de lui et le fervait avec ce zele tendre qu'un fils aurait eu pour fon pere. Un Sauvage se prefente: c'eft Henri, qui depuis plus de dix ans, retire dans les montagnes de l'Ile, y recueille tous les Infulaires qui e'chappent a leurs tyrans; et qui , al la tete de trois cents hommes pleins de courage, les contient dans les bornes d'une defente legitime. Il a vu massacrer, fes amis, fa famille entiere il a vu bruler vifs fon pere et fon ayeul; Et f'il lui tombe entre les mains un des bairreaux de fa patrie, il le defarme et le renvoye........ Bottom Rt. (Voyez les Incas, par Marmontel.)

Language

French

Notes

Maker's Mark: LL'Le Barbie aine pinxt" LR "Mariage Sculpt"

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Engraving

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

18-3/4 in

Length

20-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Frame: H:22.5"; L:24.625"; D:1.75" Plate :H:15.5"; L:18.5"

Location

Location

Room

103

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Small tears along bottom left edge and lower right.Discoloration on all sides of mat, mat burn. Frame: Cracks at all miters; loss of gilding on all edges. Sides of frame were repainted in brown, beige flat paint and is very cracked.

Provenance

Notes

Given by Thomas R. Bennett, who acquired the four engravings from an antique dealer in Greenwich, Connecticut in 2004. Mr. Bennett originally purchased them for his house in France but later changed his mind.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Most likely some earlier treatment when work was reframed/with spacer mat. Frame edge.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 15, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 1, 2023