C1733

[Fencing with sabres]

Very rare, early c.18th hand coloured engraving of two men fencing by Captain James Miller and dedicated to the Duke of Marlborough. From: Miller, J. Capt.  A treatise on backsword, sword, buckler, sword and dagger, sword and great gauntlet, falchion, quarterstaff … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

[Fencing with sabres]

Date:

C1733

Engraver:

Louis Gerard Scotin 
(1698 – 
1755)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

397mm 
x 320mm

Paper Size: 

478mm 
x 397mm
AUTHENTICITY
[Fencing with sabres] - Antique Print from 1733

Genuine antique
dated:

1733

Description:

Very rare, early c.18th hand coloured engraving of two men fencing by Captain James Miller and dedicated to the Duke of Marlborough.

From: Miller, J. Capt.  A treatise on backsword, sword, buckler, sword and dagger, sword and great gauntlet, falchion, quarterstaff

Collections:
V & A, Victoria & Albert Museum: 275.G.15
Wallace Collection, London: HDW MIL 1738 OVE

Louis Gerard Scotin (1698 - 1755)

Engraver, son of Gerard Jean Baptiste I, usually known simply as Gérard Scotin II (to distinguish him from his grandfather); began career in Paris, working especially after Watteau; to London in 1733 with his brother Louis Gérard, where remained for the rest of his career; in 1745 engraved plates in Hogarth's 'Marriage-à-la-Mode' series.

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