Rare Long 18th Century Gravure of London Freemason's Parade

$3,600.00

A rare and rather long 18th century print of “A geometrical view of the grand procession of the scald miserable masons, design'd as they were drawn up over against Somerset House, in the Strand, on the twenty seventh of April, ano. 1742” by printmaker Antonin Benoist. The print is known to be one of the largest of all eighteenth-century topographical engravings. Other prints are held in the collections of the Yale Library and the British Museum Department of Prints. Framed for sale here in a Hogarth style frame.

Dimensions: 13 3/4” W x 50 1/2” L

Condition: Good, wear to print consistent with age. Priced accordingly.

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A rare and rather long 18th century print of “A geometrical view of the grand procession of the scald miserable masons, design'd as they were drawn up over against Somerset House, in the Strand, on the twenty seventh of April, ano. 1742” by printmaker Antonin Benoist. The print is known to be one of the largest of all eighteenth-century topographical engravings. Other prints are held in the collections of the Yale Library and the British Museum Department of Prints. Framed for sale here in a Hogarth style frame.

Dimensions: 13 3/4” W x 50 1/2” L

Condition: Good, wear to print consistent with age. Priced accordingly.

Note—Shipping not included in the buy price. Invoice will be Sent After Purchase. Read below for more details

Antoine Benoist (c. 1721-1770) was a French drawing master and engraver. Born in Tracy-le-Mont in Picardy, he was the son of the artist Jean-Isaac Benoist. By 1735 Benoist was living and working in England where he worked with the French engraver Claude du Bosc. Benoist was the first artist to engrave a print of a cricket match, the work being part of a set of designs produced by Francis Hayman, for Vauxhall Gardens, and published in 1743. Benoist also found other employment as a teacher of drawing for wealthy families. Benoist is also known for making a frieze on two plates representing The Grand Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons, dated 1742. He died in London in 1770.
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Rare Long 18th Century Gravure of London Freemason's Parade

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