Artist: Edme Bouchardon (France, 1698 - 1762).
Engraver: Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac. (France, 1692 - 1765).
Engraver: Étienne Fessard (France, 1714 - 1777).
Title: Le Vieilleux. The Hurdy-gurdy Player.
Signed, Titled, and Numbered in plate: Bouchardon inv. A Paris Chés Joullain. Le vieilleux. C. Sculp.*. [No] 8 u.r. is cropped.
Dimensions: Sheet 9 3/8" x 7 1/2". Mat 15 1/2" x 13 1/2".
Publisher(s): François Joullain, Étienne Fessard.
Edition: Cries of Paris.
Date: 1742.
Materials and Techniques: Etching finished with engraving on wove paper.
Watermark: Verso and watermark are not visible as the print is laid on another sheet of paper.
Mat and Frame: The print floats against a black backboard on a white mat.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed to borderline. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les Cris de Paris - quatrième suite. Plate 8.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1857,0613.716.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 53.600.588(8).
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.