Jean Baptiste Piauger, French, active 1760s Search this
Publisher:
Nicolas-Martin Tilliard, French, 1723? – 1773 Search this
Author:
Jean Henri Prosper Pouget, French, d. 1769 Search this
Medium:
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1767
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
A plate of six designs for the letters ‘J’,’I’, ‘K’ and ‘L’, from a series of decorative letters, published in Pouget’s ‘Dictionnaire des chifres […]’. The plate features six ornamental inhabited letter designs, two per row, featuring putti, mythological characters, Leda and the swan landscapes, clouds, a tower, and tablets, with rococo ornament, acanthus leaves, shell, scrolling foliate, and friezes. The plate is numbered.
