Caption
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Galerie métallique des grands hommes français, Gallery of medals with French greats, print, printmaker: Louis Marie Normand, Paris, after design by Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier, in or after 1818, paper, etching, letterpress printing, etching with text in letterpress, height 102 mm x width 168 mm, height 351 mm x width 261 mm, Person, Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1669-1741), historical persons, portrait of a writer, A sepia-toned printed page showing a decorative engraved header with a central circular portrait of a man in profile framed by laurel leaves and floral motifs, flanked by an open book on one side and a sculpted theatrical mask and various objects on the other, all above a rectangular ornamental cartouche; below the header the page contains dense columns of printed text in a serif type, with narrow margins and an aged paper texture overall.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B18_068
License type
Rights managed
Available size
40.0Mb (8.1Mb) / 9.5in x 16.3in / 2854 x 4893 (300dpi)