Plate for The Fish and the Fireworks, Fable Sixteen, in Fables Nouvelles, Dediées au Roy
Although he was not trained as a professional printmaker, Gillot found a robust market for his whimsical small-scale designs for book illustrations, which he often etched himself with remarkable fluidity. Here, he illustrates the opening lines of a fable by Antoine Houdar de La Motte in which fireworks set off from a large structure illuminate the night sky. The etching was included in La Motte's Fables nouvelles, dediées au roy, published by Gregoire Dupuis in 1719.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate for The Fish and the Fireworks, Fable Sixteen, in Fables Nouvelles, Dediées au Roy
- Author: Lamotte-Houdar (French, 1672–1731)
- Publisher: Gregoire Dupuis , Paris
- Artist: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1719
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Book: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 × 1 7/16 in. (25.5 × 20.6 × 3.7 cm)
Plate: 3 3/16 × 4 in. (8.1 × 10.2 cm) - Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
- Object Number: 34.15(342)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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