Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire: Chapel of the Nine Altars, from The Portfolio
London: Seeley & Co., 1882. Etching and engraving on watermarked WBW Portfolio cream laid paper, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (260 x 190 mm), full margins. Minor mat tone, and moisture staining at the top corner-tips (well outside of image area), scattered minor adhesive residue in the lower sheet edge, also well outside of image area. From The Portfolio, vol. 1e, edited by P. G. Hamerton. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Well known as an etcher of lively street scenes and architecture, Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in 1863. He learned etching techniques under the tutelage of masters such as Maxime Lalanne and Jules Jacquemart. Brunet-Debaines proved to be a gifted printmaker, and exhibited his first prints at the Paris Salon of 1866. Several years later he was invited to England by the influential writer and critic, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, who commissioned him to contribute original etchings to a number of his publications, including "The Portfolio," and "Etching and Etchers." Brunet-Debaines spent a large portion of his career working and living in London, and was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy between 1872 and 1886. His print work may be found in the permanent collection of major institutions throughout Europe.
Item number: 707
Price: $200.00
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