Artist: Frans Swagers (Flemish/French, 1756–1836), after. Alternative attribution by the British Museum considers "Swagers" a possible contemporary pseudonym.
Engraver: Louis-Charles Ruotte (French, 1754–1806).
Title: Le Bœuf à la Mode (The Fashionable Ox).
Inscriptions: Lettered with title, and with artists' names 'Swagers pinxit' and 'J C Ruotte sc'. Below the title:"Enregistrée & Deposée a la Biblioteque Nationale le 8 Floreal An 5me de la Rep. Fran. conformement a la Loi du 19 Juillet 1793." and "A Paris chez Depeuille, Rue des Mathurins St. Jacques aux deux Pilastres d'Or, / et chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés..."
Dimensions:Image 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Frame 15" x 19".
Printer: François Jules Gabriel Depeuille.
Publisher: François Jules Gabriel Depeuille (Paris).
Edition: Directoire Period First Edition.
Date: c. 1793.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and stipple engraving with hand-coloring.
Mat and Frame: Matted and framed.
Condition: The print displays minor toning, light surface foxing, and natural discoloration along the paper margins consistent with its late 18th-century production.
Museums, Libraries and Auctions: the British Museum collection 1935,0522.3.199.a for 1797 edition.
Art Movements, Periods and Schools: French School XVIII C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from online sources and the catalog entry of a similar item in the British Museum collection.
Engraver: Louis-Charles Ruotte (French, 1754–1806).
Title: Le Bœuf à la Mode (The Fashionable Ox).
Inscriptions: Lettered with title, and with artists' names 'Swagers pinxit' and 'J C Ruotte sc'. Below the title:"Enregistrée & Deposée a la Biblioteque Nationale le 8 Floreal An 5me de la Rep. Fran. conformement a la Loi du 19 Juillet 1793." and "A Paris chez Depeuille, Rue des Mathurins St. Jacques aux deux Pilastres d'Or, / et chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés..."
Dimensions:Image 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Frame 15" x 19".
Printer: François Jules Gabriel Depeuille.
Publisher: François Jules Gabriel Depeuille (Paris).
Edition: Directoire Period First Edition.
Date: c. 1793.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and stipple engraving with hand-coloring.
Mat and Frame: Matted and framed.
Condition: The print displays minor toning, light surface foxing, and natural discoloration along the paper margins consistent with its late 18th-century production.
Museums, Libraries and Auctions: the British Museum collection 1935,0522.3.199.a for 1797 edition.
Art Movements, Periods and Schools: French School XVIII C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from online sources and the catalog entry of a similar item in the British Museum collection.