Print Annual 25 - Childs Gallery

Jacques Callot, French (1592-1635). La Pendaison (The Hanging) from the series Les Misères et les mal-heurs de la
Guerre (The Miseries and the Misfortunes of War), 1633. Signed in plate: “Callot imp. et fec.” Etching, 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches.
Lieure 1349, State iii/III, printed c. 1742. Watermark : “1742”. A fine impression in fine condition aside from mild toning
with wide (3/8 inch) margins. $12,000 for the complete set of seventeen etchings and a frontispiece (Lieure 1339-1356).
Callot’s Misères et les mal-heurs de la Guerre was first published in Paris in 1633 by the well-known printer Israel
Henriet. Ten of the eighteen impressions in this set are from the second state of three, indicated by the publisher’s
name inscribed in the plate. These impressions were printed on Hachet paper c.1633, and are especially fine and
crisp. The last plate in the series is from the third state of four (from the same printing as the second state of the other
plates, and just as fine). Seven of the impressions (including the one illustrated above) are from the third state of
three, printed c. 1742. The original publisher’s name was removed on the third state plates and replaced with the
artist’s. Although not quite as fine as second state impressions, these third state impressions are very good.
François Grenier, French (1793-1867). Napoléon, 1841.
Etching, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Signed in plate: “Composé
et lith. par Grenier”. Printed by Formentin et Companie,
stamp by F. Jeannin (Lugt 1397c). BNF Inventaire Après
1800, v.9 p. 367 #76, Musée de L'Amateur #109. A fine
chine appliqué impression in good condition with minor
discoloration in the full margins. $350
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Zéphirin Belliard, French (1798- c. 1843). Hortense, c.
1830. Lithograph, 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches. Signed in plate:
“Z. Belliard”. BNF Inventaire Après 1800, v.2 p. 133 #17.
Printed by Delpech. A fine impression in fine condition
with full margins. $450
Hortense de Beauharnais was Napoléon Bonaparte's
step-daughter by Joséphine de Beauharnais. Hortense
and Napoléon had an affair that resulted in the birth
of an illegitimate child, Napoléon-Charles.