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French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1910)

Thomas, Thomas Head, 1881- · London : Bell · leaf 89

An illustration from French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, 1910, leaf 89
working out his owntechnique. He had never, in fact, followed either Morin orMellan outright. Even in the plates which are closest toMellan, Nanteuils own personality is clearly evident;—he isnever an imitator, but uses Mellans methods in his ownway. Moreover his own particular manner—his fusion… … NANTEUIL 43 too, in all the plates which have been mentioned as showingtraces of Morin,—for in all of them there is much more ofNanteuil than of Morin. Its gradual development may befollowed in the Due de Bouillon of 1649, the David Blondeland Cardinal de Retz of 1650, the Due de Nemours…

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