Francoise Marie de Bourbon Duchess d’Orlean 1690s scarce engraved portrait print
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Francoise Marie de Bourbon Duchess d’Orleans a épouse le 18 fevrier 1692. Philippe d’Orleans.
Publ. late 17th century, likely early to mid 1690’s, Paris.
Engraved by J. Mariette.
Rare 17th century engraved portrait. Possibly issued around the time of her marriage as mentioned in the title.
Print has been long ago expertly mounted along the sliver edges to a larger sheet of nice hand-made paper in order to mount it at one point into a print collection album.
The backing sheet is mostly cut away, allowing the print sheet to be completely examined front and back.
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Nice copper engraved portrait, over 300 years old, so not new but no problem or issues aside from normal visible signs of handling, time and age common to most surviving paper images of this era.
Backing sheet measures c. 13 5/8" H x 8 5/8" W.
Engraved Image area c.11 1/2" x 7 3/8".
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