{"product_id":"malesherbes-louis-xvi-defender-french-revolution-aquatint-levachez-framed","title":"Malesherbes Louis XVI Defender French Revolution Aquatint Levachez Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original French Revolution portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMalesherbes\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 9 de la Rép.\u003c\/strong\u003e (1800-01).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering reads \u003cstrong\u003eC.F. LAMOIGNON MALESHERBES, CI-DEVANT MINISTRE D'ÉTAT, Jugé à mort en prairial, l'an 2\u003c\/strong\u003e. The vignette shows him at his writing desk as men enter his house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, statesman and protector of the Encyclopédie, came out of retirement to defend Louis XVI at his trial. He was guillotined in 1794.\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 foxing 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":54613040627996,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/4630\/0188\/files\/57_22b2b97d-fe03-4d18-af75-26497749e91f.jpg?v=1790407188","url":"https:\/\/moffitts.co.uk\/products\/malesherbes-louis-xvi-defender-french-revolution-aquatint-levachez-framed","provider":"Moffitts Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}