A. TRICHON, G. MONVOISIN ENGRAVING

Description:
Technique: Xylography. Woodcut.
Edition: Unknown.
Print run: Unknown
Period: Second Half of the 19th century. The year 1883.
Conservation: Good.
Sizes: Paper: 39,9x 27,9 cm.
(H x W) Image: 24,7 x 20 cm.

Description:
- Beautiful engraving by Auguste Trichon and Gaston Monvoisin, based on one of the representations of 'Isaac receives Rebecca' by Gustave Doré, from the Holy Bible Illustrations collection.
- Engraving made on a wooden plate, xylography, in single-colour black tones. Signed on the plate by Auguste Trichon and Gaston Monvoisin, as engravers, and Gustave Doré as draughtsman. The title appears outside the plate.
- Paul Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883), of French origin and romantic inspiration, was a versatile artist: illustrator, engraver, draftsman, painter and sculptor. Internationally recognized by his contemporaries, his success as an illustrator was immense and his worldwide renown.
- Auguste Trichon (1814-1898) studied at the Royal School of Drawing in Paris and learned woodworking from Henri Brown. He provided wooden illustrations for children's books and ran a wooden art school for girls.
- Gaston Monvoisin (1821-1906) was the nephew of the famous French painter Raymond Monvoisin (1794-1870). Gaston was a renowned wood engraver.
- The Holy Bible, published in 1866, was a large folio edition published in two volumes simultaneously. The Illustrations of the Holy Bible are a series of 241 engravings, designed by Gustave Doré.

Conservation and damage:
- General condition: Good.
- The engraving is on medium-thickness white paper.
- It has very good margins and the image is centred.
- It is very well inked, and has good printing.
- The edges are dirty, with small tears and folds.
- The ends are slightly deteriorated with slight folds and folds.
- The engraving has not suffered any external aggressions such as humidity, insect or rodent attacks, etc.
- If it is slightly washed and bleached, the result would be very good.

Comments:
- The measurements are approximate.

- Engraving is ideal as a collector's item and a decorative element.

- Because it is inevitable the differences of tonalities between photos and reality, you must bear in mind that the tones of the colours in the photos are not exactly the same as the tones of the real colours.

- The Engraving on sale is the one that corresponds to the photos, which in turn are complemented in this Description, with the aim of providing a better knowledge of the Object, and never being a detailed exhibition of it.

- The data provided here are not contrasted personal opinions.

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