Description: Artist: A. RACINET (French, 1825-1893); H. Catenacci (Italian, 1799-1865) and E.F. Huyot (French, 1807-1881)Title: A Venetian Death Servant / Casket CarrierMedium: Original Woodblock Engraving - 1850Signature: Signed in the plate with artist's mark incorporated into image and decorative borderDate: 1850Century: 19th CenturyPeriod: IIIrd RepublicTechnique: Original Woodblock EngravingEdition: Limited Edition; limited printing to 1000 copiesSize: @ 9 x 6 inchesPrinter / Publisher: Cesare Vecellio Costumes Anciens et Modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1850Notes: This Original Antique Woodblock Engraving printed 173 years ago (in 1850) and is not a modern reproduction.Provenance: Galerie Napoléon, Paris, France and Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, MassachusettsAbout the Artist: Albert Charles Auguste Racinet was an artist, designer, engraver, lithographer, director of publishing, and art historian. He was most famous for his encyclopedia of clothing around the world and through the ages. His career in scholarly art publishing was summarized in the administrative dossier that was compiled for his nomination of Chevalier de la Lgion d'Honneur in 1878. The dossier mentions that Racinet was the author of L'Ornement polychrome, translated in English and German.
Price: 80.75 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Artist: A. RACINET (French, 1825-1893); H. Catenacci (Italian, 1799-1865)
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Signed: Yes
Period: Historicism (1850-1900)
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: France
Subject: Culture & Society
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1850
Theme: Advertising, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Continents & Countries, Europe, Costumes and Culture
Style: Old Master Print
Production Technique: Wood Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Time Period Produced: 1850
