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Fesch (Joseph) c.1830-50
Engraving | 34.5 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 618056

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Engraving of Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Prince of France. Whole length with zucchetto and cassock. The Cardinal is pictured standing, with left hand resting on an open volume to the right. With French inscription below. India laid. Plate from Charles Gavard's Galeries historiques de Versailles published in the 1830s and 1840s. The plate is signed 'Diagraphe et Pantographe Gavard', indicating that the plate was created using an invention devised by Gavard which allowed him to create accurate copies of images in various scaled-down sizes.
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
34.5 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)
33.0 x 24.7 cm (platemark)
20.7 x 13.4 cm (image)