Johann Ludwig Wernhard Fäsch volumes of portrait drawings, ca. 1760-1778.

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Johann Ludwig Wernhard Fäsch volumes of portrait drawings, ca. 1760-1778.

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32 miniature drawings in graphite and watercolor. Some include additional mediums added, such as gold paint, gouache, and possibly varnish. All images are drawn on vellum, and mounted on board. Many drawings have an attached title page and tissue paper barrier. Some are signed, most are not. Locations are not specified on drawings but all are are from performances at theaters in Paris or London. Most items have manuscript annotations on image itself and/or on title page. Drawings were found already removed from bindings at time of cataloging; empty leather bindings have been retained and are listed at end of finding aid. Subjects of the drawings are actors and actresses in various roles from the Comédie-Française, Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France), and the Drury Lane Theatre (London). Full name of actor is supplied when known. Collection includes portraits of: François Augé, Bellecour, Carlo Antonio Bertinazzo, Brizard, Joseph Caillot, Mlle. Doligny, David Garrick, Marie-Thérèse Villette Laruette, Henri Louis Cain Lekain, and François René Molé.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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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...

Doligny, Mlle.

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Brizard, 1721-1791

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Auge, Francois, 1733-1783

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Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France)

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Laruette, Marie-Thérèse Villette, 1744-1837

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Lekain, Henri Louis Cain, 1728-1778

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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 ...

Bellecour, 1725-1778

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Bertinazzo, Carlo Antonio, 1713-1783

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Comédie-Française

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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...

Caillot, Joseph

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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...