{"product_id":"condorcet-french-revolution-philosopher-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1798-framed","title":"Condorcet French Revolution Philosopher Aquatint Portrait Levachez 1798 Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original French Revolution portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eCondorcet\u003c\/strong\u003e, the portrait roundel engraved in aquatint by Levachez and the narrative vignette beneath designed and etched by Duplessi-Bertaux, dated in the plate \u003cstrong\u003el'An 6 de la Rép.\u003c\/strong\u003e (1797-98).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering reads \u003cstrong\u003eCARITAT DE CONDORCET, DÉPUTÉ A LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, Mort le 28 mars 1794\u003c\/strong\u003e. The vignette shows him lying lifeless on a pallet as a group of men enter the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician and philosopher of the Enlightenment, sat in the Convention and was associated with the Girondins. Proscribed in 1793, he went into hiding, was arrested in March 1794 and was found dead in his cell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plate comes from the celebrated series of revolutionary portraits issued with the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques de la Révolution française\u003c\/em\u003e in Paris. Each plate follows the same format: a finely worked aquatint portrait by \u003cstrong\u003eCharles-François-Gabriel Levachez\u003c\/strong\u003e in a circular medallion, above an etched vignette by \u003cstrong\u003eJean Duplessi-Bertaux\u003c\/strong\u003e showing a defining moment in the sitter's life, with the lettering beneath. The portraits were issued in instalments from the late 1790s and added to the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques\u003c\/em\u003e in its 1802 edition; impressions are held by the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFraming and provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e in an ebonised reeded frame with a paper-covered backing (no label visible); one of a group of matching frames, the others bearing the trade label of Samuel Jennings of London. The National Portrait Gallery's directory of British framemakers records \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Jennings, Carver, Gilder \u0026amp; Printseller\u003c\/strong\u003e at 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London from 1850 to 1885, so this print has been in an English collection since the Victorian period. Offered from a group of these portraits framed by Jennings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e age-toning and foxing to the paper consistent with age; please see all photographs, which form part of the description. Frame with wear commensurate with age. Hanging wire to the reverse. Not examined out of the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 x 22.5 cm framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully packed and posted. Please ask if you would like any further photographs or measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moffitts Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54613033517340,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/4630\/0188\/files\/57_96cd56f3-ea14-440f-a9e0-12851d196187.jpg?v=1790407074","url":"https:\/\/moffitts.co.uk\/products\/condorcet-french-revolution-philosopher-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1798-framed","provider":"Moffitts Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}