Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Found in

1. Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.

Description

1. 31 prints : etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, mezzotint; 34.6 x 34.7 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Etched views of Paris by Henri-Charles Guérard, including concrete mixers, cranes, derricks, etc. on the site of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878, an elephant at the Jardin des Plantes, horse-drawn omnibuses, windmills and street scenes on Montmartre and elsewhere.

Subject

1. Etchings > French > 19th century
2. Landscape prints > French > 19th century
3. Cityscape prints > French > 19th century
4. Montmartre (Paris, France)
5. Windmills in art
6. Snow in art
7. Rain in art
8. Horse-drawn omnibuses
9. Railroad locomotives > France
10. Elephants
11. Cranes, derricks, etc
12. Concrete mixers
13. Paris Universal Exposition of 1878
14. Paris (France) > Jardin des plantes

Genre/Form

1. Cityscape prints – French – 19th century.
2. Landscape prints – French – 19th century.
3. Etchings – French – 19th century.

Contents

1. B171. Forge volant sur Champ-de-Mars -- B123. Echafaudage pour les bétonniers -- B124. Bétonnière à vapeur -- B125. Omnibus, effet de pluie (1st state) -- B125. Omnibus, effet de pluie (2nd state) -- B125. Omnibus, effet de pluie (3rd state) -- B126. La rue Chevert, effet de neige (1st state) -- B126. La rue Chevert, effet de neige (2nd state) -- B130. Un bastion.
2. B132. Le moulin de la Galette, croquis sur zinc -- B132. Le moulin de la Galette, croquis sur zinc (another impression, printed in blue -- B133. La moulin de la Galette, en largeur -- B134/135. Petits effets de neige (2 on one plate) -- B134. Petit effet de neige (Train in snow) -- B136. Petit effet de neige (Buildings in snow) -- B137. Petit effet de neige (Windmills in snow) -- B142. Grue sur le quai d'Orsay, effet de neige (1st state) -- B142. Grue sur le quai d'Orsay, effet de neige (2nd state) -- B143. Boulevard de Clichy, après la pluie -- B145. L'avenue Trudaine (1st state) -- B145. L'avenue Trudaine (2nd state) -- B146. Passage de l'Elysée des Beaux-Arts -- B147. La rue Cortot -- B148. Quai de la Tournelle -- B149. L'Eléphant du Jardin-des-Plantes (1st state) -- B149. L'Eléphant du Jardin-des-Plantes (2nd state) -- B150. Souterrain de l'Hotêl-Dieu -- B150A. [Street scene] -- B150B. [Street scene, "simple croquis pointe sèche"] -- B150C. Le pont au change.

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title from Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.
2. Most prints signed in graphite or black ink. Some include notes in the artist's hand giving details of state, edition size, etc.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. Most prints bear the collector's mark of Henri-Charles Guérard (Lugt 1157) and/or a small red stamp depicting a printing press.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897.

Title

1. Paris: études, vues, impressions. [graphic] / H. Guérard.

Imprint

1. ca. 1876-1884.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. Most prints bear the collector's mark of Henri-Charles Guérard (Lugt 1157) and/or a small red stamp depicting a printing press.

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Found in:

1. Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.

Research call number

1. MEZAC