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A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature : Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup (1898)

Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920, Gilliss Press · New York : [Dodd, Mead] · leaf 165

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Among the many little portraits, engraved by him entirely with the burin, are a number which particu- larly attract and delight the amateur, and are a source of marvel to connoisseurs and objects of despair to imitators and copyists. The most wonderful of all, almost superhuman for its extremely…

Ficquet, Etienne, 1719-1794 · Savart, Pierre, b. 1737 · Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de, 1735-1817 · Engraving, French

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