Research Catalog

Title

Costume prints published by Martinet [graphic].

Publication

Paris, [182-?-187-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chatinière, Antonin Marie, 1828-
• Maison Martinet (Paris, France) pbl
• Hautecoeur frères. pbl

Description

• 2 prints : etching, engraving, hand-colored; 27 x 17 cm. or smaller.
• 4 prints : lithograph, hand-colored ;
• 3 prints : lithograph on tinted ground, hand-colored ;

Summary

Full-length portrayals of women in ethnic and/or theatrical costumes or fancy dress, produced by the printing and publishing house variously known over the years as Maison Martinet, Hautecoeur-Martinet, Hautecoeur frères, and Ancienne Maison Martinet (see below). The prints are numbered and belong to various series, sometimes identified on the print.

Subjects

• Costume prints
• Costume > 19th century
• Lithographs
• Clothing and dress > Switzerland > Schaffhausen

Genre/Form

• Costume prints.
• Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Source (note)

• Lillian Moore.
• Lincoln Kirstein.
• Cia Fornaroli.

Biography (note)

• The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Contents

Femme du Canton de Schaffhousen [sic]; [unidentified series], no. 1; Martinet Librairie -- Grecque; Bals d'artistes, no. 40; Hautecoeur-Martinet -- Arlésienne; Bals Musard et Dufréne, no. 45; Lith. de Castille; Hautecoeur-Martinet / de Saillet -- Miroir; [no.] 4; Imp. Lemercier; Hautecoeur frères / P. Robin -- Cameriste; [no.] 16; Imp. Lemercier; Hautecoeur frères / composé par M. Robin ; [initialed on stone] A.M. -- Papillon; [no.] 33; Imp. Lemercier; Ancienne M[ais]on Martinet / composé par M. Robin ; [initialed on stone] A.M. -- Zingara; [no.] 44; Imp. Lemercier; Anc[ien]ne Maison Martinet / composé par M. Robin -- Bergère Louis XV; Bals masqués, [no.] 256; Imp. Becquet; Paris, Anc[ien]ne M[ais]on Martinet; London, S. Miller / [initialed on stone] A.H. -- Lutin; Nouveaux bals masqués, [no.] 269; Imp. Becquet; Paris, Anc[ien]ne M[ais]on Martinet; London, S. Miller / Chatiniere.

Call Number

*MGZFX Cos 2-10

OCLC

825551259

Title

Costume prints published by Martinet [graphic].

Imprint

Paris, [182-?-187-?]

Biography

The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Grecque, Arlésienne, Cameriste Gift; Lillian Moore.

Miroir, Bergère Louis XV Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.

Zingara Gift; Cia Fornaroli.

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Added Author

Chatinière, Antonin Marie, 1828- Artist

Maison Martinet (Paris, France) Publisher

Hautecoeur frères. Publisher

Moore, Lillian. Donor

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor

Fornaroli, Cia, 1888-1954. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Cos 2-10