European prints collection, 18th-19th centuries

Summary

Title:

European prints collection

Dates:

18th-19th centuries

Abstract:

This small collection consists of mostly 18th and 19th century European prints. Artists represented include Pierre Numa Basaget, Anne Claude de Caylus, George Follitt, Francois Jacques Dequevauviller, Edouard Hocquart, Gabriel Huquier, James Gabriel Huquier, Jean Francois Daumont, Georg Balthasar Probst, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Robert Laurie, Jacques Francois Chereau, and Andre Basset. Of particular note are the optical prints, which were meant to be seen through "optical machines" or "optiques", devices consisting of a mirror and lens that allowed viewers to enjoy these prints with the perception of three dimensions. Some of the prints have been mounted on board, indicating that they may have once been part of a teaching or reference collection.

Containers:

Box: 1

Extent:

1.73 linear feet. 1 box

Language:

French

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], European prints collection, Collection no. 6158, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection consists of mostly 18th and 19th century European prints. Artists represented include Pierre Numa Basaget, Anne Claude de Caylus, George Follitt, Francois Jacques Dequevauviller, Edouard Hocquart, Gabriel Huquier, James Gabriel Huquier, Jean Francois Daumont, Georg Balthasar Probst, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Robert Laurie, Jacques Francois Chereau, and Andre Basset. Of particular note are the optical prints, which were meant to be seen through "optical machines" or "optiques", devices consisting of a mirror and lens that allowed viewers to enjoy these prints with the perception of three dimensions. Some of the prints have been mounted on board, indicating that they may have once been part of a teaching or reference collection.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Engraving (printing process)
Etching (printing process)
Prints

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Sue Luftschein

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-02-02 16:05:36 -0800 .

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], European prints collection, Collection no. 6158, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:

University of Southern California, Special Collections

Special Collections

Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US

Contact:

(213) 740-5900

specol@usc.edu

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