Johann Ludwig Wernhard Fäsch portraits of actors and actresses, ca. 1760-1778.

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Johann Ludwig Wernhard Fäsch portraits of actors and actresses, ca. 1760-1778.

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14 watercolor and graphite miniature drawings on paper or vellum. Some include additional mediums added, such as gold paint and possibly varnish. All are unsigned and have no location specified on the items, but all are from performances at theaters in Paris or London. Each drawing is pasted onto another sheet of paper. All include manuscript annotations on recto and verso in variant hands, some are on drawing itself, some on mount. Subjects of the drawings are actors in various roles from the Comédie-Française, Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France), and others. Full name of actor is supplied. Includes portraits of: Carlo Antonio Bertinazzo, Claire Joséphe Hippolyte Legris de Latude Clairon, Francoise-Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth Gaultier Drouin, Mlle (Marie-Françoise) Dumesnil, David Garrick, Marie-Thérèse Villette Laruette, Barthélemy Larochelle, Henri Louis Cain Lekain, François René Molé, and Pierre Louis Dubus Préville.

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Comédie-Française

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Larochelle, Barthélemy

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Lekain, Henri Louis Cain, 1728-1778

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Préville, 1721-1799,

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Dumesnil, Mlle (Marie-Françoise), 1713-1803

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Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778

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Fäsch was a Swiss painter, illustrator, miniaturist, and portraitist, born in Basel ca. 1738 and died in Paris in 1778. Fäsch studied law but soon became a painter. He later moved to Paris and also completed portraits in London. He was known under a number of names including: Jean Louis Fesch and Johann Ludwig Wernhard Faesch, as well as de Fesch, Foech, and Foesch. Fäsch is the first artist to be said with certainty to have drawn his subjects directly from actual performance. Fäsch's work was p...

Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778

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Fäsch was a Swiss painter, illustrator, miniaturist, and portraitist, born in Basel ca. 1738 and died in Paris in 1778. Fäsch studied law but soon became a painter. He later moved to Paris and also completed portraits in London. He was known under a number of names including: Jean Louis Fesch and Johann Ludwig Wernhard Faesch, as well as de Fesch, Foech, and Foesch. Fäsch is the first artist to be said with certainty to have drawn his subjects directly from actual performance. Fäsch's work was p...

Clairon, Mlle., 1723-1803

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Drouin, Françoise Gaultier, 1720-1803

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Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France)

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Bertinazzo, Carlo Antonio, 1713-1783

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Laruette, Marie-Thérèse Villette, 1744-1837

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Molé, François René

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Molé (1734-1802) was a French actor. From the description of Documents, 1796 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78638632 ...