Lot 156: JEAN-BAPTISTE ANDRÉ GAUTIER DAGOTY (1740-1786) AFTER FRANÇOIS-HUBERT DROUAIS Madame du Barry being offered a Cup of Coffee by her Page Zamore Sheet 403 x 315 mm. Plate 240 x 197 mm., Sheet 273 x 214 mm. (2)

JEAN-BAPTISTE ANDRÉ GAUTIER DAGOTY (1740-1786) AFTER FRANÇOIS-HUBERT DROUAIS (1727-1775)
Madame du Barry being offered a Cup of Coffee by her Page Zamore
mezzotint printed in colours, circa 1770, on laid paper, watermark AUVERGNE, a very good impression of his rare print, the white lace printing with much finely detailed relief, trimmed on or just inside the platemark with thread margins in places, a very short tear at lower right, a few small nicks and minor creases at the sheet edges and corners, the subject generally in good condition: together with Portait of the Duc de la Vrillière by the same hand, mezzotint printed in colours, 1772, on laid paper, without watermark, a good impression, with margins, a crease across upper right sheet corner in the margin, a printer's crease and a faded ink inscription relating to the sitter in the lower margin, generally in good condition
Sheet 403 x 315 mm.
Plate 240 x 197 mm., Sheet 273 x 214 mm.
(2)

Henri-Jean Thomas (b. 1872), Paris (Lugt 1378); his sale, M. Rousseau, Paris, 17 June 1948 (275,000 FF); this impression of Mme. du Barry cited in Lugt).