Price: $25.00
SKU: 103351
ARTIST: Tony Johannot
PUBLISHER: Published by Felix Bonnaire
MEDIUM: Etching and engraving,
DATE: 1836
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 7 3/16 x 5 3/8" (18.2 x 13.5 cm)
DESCRIPTION: This 19th-century engraving depicts Admiral Jean Bart (1650–1702), the famed Dunkirk-born privateer and one of France's most celebrated naval commanders under Louis XIV. Johannot's composition presents Bart in a heroic, slightly romanticized manner typical of the Restoration and July Monarchy taste for national military heroes. Pollet's engraving emphasizes fine facial modeling and clean linear detailing, reflecting the high technical standard of Parisian printmaking of the period. Issued in 1836, the print accompanied Eugene Sue's popular historical narratives, which helped cement Bart's reputation in French cultural memory as a daring tactician and champion of the French fleet during the Nine Years' War.
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CONDITION: Good condition.
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