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P. L. De Bucourt

Le Menuet de la Mariée

18th. cent. aquatint printed in colours after the original De Bucourt painting, printed by Chapias, Paris 1786 Dédié à Monsieur Le Comte De Cossé  French lines and wash mat, period glazing, gilt-wood and gesso frame.
14 x 9 1/8" (35.5 x 23.2 cm.)  21 7/8 x 17"   

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Le Meuet de la Marieé / The Minuet of the Bride depicts entertainment, intimacies, merrymaking and intrigue at a French 18th. cent country wedding two years before the terror of the revolution. Displayed in its original Louis XVI frame and mounts.
Le Comte De Cossé was Corporal of the Armies of the King, Colonel of the Vivarais regiment  and first gentleman of the bedchamber of the King's brother.

Philibert Louis De Bucourt  was a painter and engraver to King Louis XVI  of France. 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. He used a number of different techniques, but most involved three colour plates, and a fourth key plate, outlining the design in black.

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P. L. De Bucourt

La Noce au Chateau

18th. cent.aquatint  printed in colours after the original De Bucourt painting, printed by Chapias, Paris 1789 Dédié à Monsieur Le Chevalier de Bargeton  French lines and wash mat, period glazing, Louis XVI period gilt-wood and gesso frame.
14 x 9 1/8" ( 35.5 x 23.2 cm.)  21 7/8 x 17"        

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The Wedding Chateau depicts  French 18th. cent merrymaking and wedding night intrigue during the introduction of a new bride to the master and mistress of a country house, in the year that the French revolution broke out. Displayed in its original Louis XVI frame and mounts.
 Le Chavelier de Bargeton was a knight of the Royal Military order of St. Louis and former Captain of the Royal Regiment of Grenadiers.

Philibert Louis De Bucourt  was a painter and engraver to King Louis XVI  of France. 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. He used a number of different techniques, but most involved three colour plates, and a fourth key plate, outlining the design in black.