John Fairburn - 19th Century Lithograph Pair of Prints

Description

John Fairburn - Original 19th Century Lithograph. A pair of colour lithographs showing religious scenes. Published by John Fairburn. Unsigned. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration, foxing and significant tears to edges as shown.

Born in Paris, he was a pupil of Jean Le Pautre and the son of Jean Marot (1620–1679), who was also an architect and engraver. Marot was working independently as an engraver from an early age, making engravings of designs by Jean Bérain, one of Louis XIV's official designers at the Manufacture des Gobelins, where far more than tapestry was being produced. The family were Huguenots and were part of the wave of émigrés who left France in the year of the Edict of Fontainebleau and Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) to settle in Holland. Daniel Marot brought the fully developed court style of Louis XIV to Holland, and later to London. In the end, the English style which is loosely called "William and Mary" owed much to his manner.

Size

29.7 x 42cm (11.7" x 16.5")