Debucourt

1787 · réf. 015885 — Paris 1787. Early Printing . Single Sheet. Very Good. 25 1/2" x 18. Color Engraving. Laid Paper. Printed In Color Not Colored Later. Complete With Full Margins As Issued With Title In English And French Below The Image Which Is Approximately 21" X 11". This State Of The Plates Has The Third Large Female Figure From The Left In A Greenish-Blue Dress With A Blue Waist. Philibert-Louis Debucourt 1755 - 1832 Was A French Painter And Engraver. Debucourt Was Born In Paris In 1755 And Became A Pupil Of Vien. He Executed A Few Plates In Mezzotint Such As The Heureuse Famille The Benediction De La Mariée And The Cruche Cassée After His Own Designs. Most Of His Work Was However In Aquatint. He Became The Leading Maker Of Multi-Plate Colour Prints Combining Washes Of Aquatint With Line-Engraving.2 He Used A Number Of Different Techniques But Most Involved Three Colour Plates And A Fourth Key Plate Outlining The Design In Black. Debucourt's Father-In-Law Was The Sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy. In The Marriage Contract Mouchy Generously Offered To Provide A Three-Room Apartment At The Louvre Where Debucourt Lived For Twelve And A Half Years. The Address Of This Apartment Is Often Given On His Prints. Some Of His Work Was Satirical Such As La Promenade Publique An Aquatint Of 1792 Showing A Crowd In The Gardens The Palais-Royal. As Well As Work From His Own Designs He Made Aquatints After Carle Vernet Including The Horse Frightened By A Lion The Horse Frightened By Lightning And The Strayed Huntsman. Debucourt Was Assisted For Some Years By His Pupil And Nephew Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet. unknown