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Description: | IH, unbound volume inscr. b.l. "D. Teniers pinx."; inscr. b.r. "T.Major Sculp.1747"; inscr. b.c. "LE CHIRURGIEN DE CAMPAGNE / Dedie a Monseigneur le Marquire d'Argenson Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat. / Grave 'd'apres le Tableau Original de David Teniers. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Tho. Major. / A Paris chez l'Auteur rue St. Jacques vis a vis les Charniers de S. Benoist." CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER TENIERS, David; (Flemish; c.1610-1690) PUB MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 44 prints after paintings primarily by Dutch and Flemish 17th century masters. The majority of the prints were etched by English engraver Thomas Major between 1744 and 1754. During this time Major studied in Paris under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), tutor to many of the century's best engravers, and on his return to England developed a reputation as one of the best engravers of his day. Hunter commissioned Major to engrave an anatomical drawing for him.
This is one of 17 prints after Teniers in the volume. Dutch and Flemish genre scenes were very popular among collectors in both Britain and France. Le Bas had specialised in etchings after Teniers and encouraged his pupils to do the same.
Major dedicated this engraving to Rene-Louis de Voyer, 2nd Marquis d'Argenson (1694-57) who had helped to secure his release from the Bastille where he had been incarcerated shortly after his arrival in Paris. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MONKEY : OWL : HUNTER VOLUME : LIZARD : MEDICINE : GENRE : DOCTOR : OCCUPATION : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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