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Description: | RU s. on plate b. l. "J. M. Moreau Junior inv"; inscr on plate b. r. "P. A. Martini sculp"; inscr on plate b. "La Petite Toilette". CRE MARTINI, Pietro-Antonio; (French School; 1739-1797) AFTER MOREAU, Jean-Michel; (French; 1741-1814) Engraving from the series of 26 plates (24 after Moreau), issued in 1789, at Neuwied as Le Monument du Costume with text by Retif de la Bretonne. Moreau's 24 engravings had appeared earlier in two series: 1. "Seconde suite d'Estampes pour servir a l'Histoire des Modes et du Costume en France". 1776-77. 2. Troisieme suite d'estampes pour servir a l'Histoire des Modes et du Costume en France". 1783. This print belongs to the third suite, centering on the activities of a petit-maitre, a social type with artificial values and behaviours. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MONUMENT DU COSTUME : INTERIOR : GENRE : DOG : CLOTHE : SERVANT : PERFUME : MORNING TOILET : COURT : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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