{"product_id":"gensonne-girondin-french-revolution-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1800-framed","title":"Gensonne Girondin French Revolution Aquatint Portrait Levachez 1800 Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original French Revolution portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eGensonné\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 8 de la Rép.\u003c\/strong\u003e (1799-1800).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering reads \u003cstrong\u003eGENSONNÉ, DÉPUTÉ À LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, DÉCAPITÉ LE 31 OCTOBRE 1793\u003c\/strong\u003e. The vignette shows the Girondin deputies being taken through the crowd to the scaffold on 31 October 1793.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmand Gensonné was one of the leading Girondin deputies from Bordeaux. With the fall of the Girondins in 1793 he was tried alongside his colleagues and guillotined with them in October that year.\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 bearing to the reverse the trade label of Samuel Jennings, 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London - \"To Her Majesty the Queen \u0026amp; the Royal Family, Estab'd 1824\". 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, with \u003cstrong\u003eheavy foxing\u003c\/strong\u003e to the lower margin; 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":54613031551260,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/4630\/0188\/files\/57_767370ba-4cc5-4819-a6c9-b985d1edb6d1.jpg?v=1790407058","url":"https:\/\/moffitts.co.uk\/products\/gensonne-girondin-french-revolution-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1800-framed","provider":"Moffitts Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}