Author: Potémont, Adolphe Martial; A.-P. Martial; Abraham Beillet, printer Title: Demeures de Personnes Célebres Qui Ont Habité le 1er Arrondissement Avant 1860. First Edition of the Etching
Description: Paris: Cadart & Luquet , circa 1860s. Etching on rag paper and chine collé.Mostly in the range of 39.2 x 29 cm. After drawings from the 1830s and 1840s by Pierre Toussaint Bonnaire (1813-1882); Louis Lemet, (1779 - 1832); Paul Delaroche (1797-1856); Horace Vernet, (1789-1863); Adolphe Varin (1821-1897).. Adolphe Martial Potémont aka A.-P. Martial, (Paris, 10 February 1828 - Paris, 14 October 1883) was a pupil of the painters Leon Coignet and Felix Brissot de Warville, followed a general training in landscape painting, but also studied historical painting and portraits. He exhibited his work at the Paris Salon in 1846 and 1882. He Is mainly known for his etchings, notably his views of Paris and its inhabitants before the city was transformed by Haussmann during the 1860s.. Reference: Beraldi, II, nos. 1 & 2. .
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