Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-151
Artist: Laguillermie, Frédéric Auguste
Date: 1891
State: 1/1
Size: 41.9 x 71.1 cm
Medium: Etching
| Alternative Title(s) | Le Jeune Duc (after the painting by William Quillar Orchardson) |
| Details | Etching. Printed by Frederick Goulding. Black ink on thin paper, possibly chine-collé. Lettered top right of print: ‘London, Published 4th May 1891 by Rob. Dunthorne at the Rembrandt Head Gallery, 5 Vigo St. W.’Below print, from left to right, signature, possibly graphite; ‘W.Q. Orchardson’, ‘F. Goulding, Imp.’, ‘Laguillermie’.
Label on back: ‘From Robt. Dunthorne. Print Publisher. The Rembrandt Head, 5 Vigo Street, London, W. and at The Cabinet of Fine Arts, 28 Castle Street, Liverpool.’ Frederick Goulding (1842-1909) was a hugely important lithographic and etching printer during the latter half of the 19th century. He was a favourite printer of both Whistler and Haden. He was extremely significant in reviving the tradition of lithography. |
| Description | Orchardson’s original painting was completed in 1888 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889. The original painting is now held by The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Village, Wirral.
The scene depicts an imaginary event taking place in France c.1710. According to the The Lady Lever Art Gallery Orchardson was hugely interested in historical accuracy and conducted in depth research at the Victoria and Albert Museum on props and costumes. Indeed his wife, Ellen, often read aloud whilst Orchardson painted. Born in Edinburgh, Orchardson was a pupil of Robert Scott Lauder. Orchar’s collection of paintings is widely regarded as one of the most significant collection of the pupils of Robert Scott Lauder. Orchardson and John Pettie (another pupil of Lauder’s and favourite of Orchar’s) moved to London in 1862 where they shared a studio. As a friend of both artists it is likely that Orchar visited their studio regularly. Orchardson was also friends with the sculptor Hutchison who Orchar also collected (see John Robert Dicksee’s James Carmichael). A hugely popular painter Orchardson was admired by both Edgar Degas and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Orchar owned a number of paintings by Orchardson (1832-1910) including a self-portrait from 1853, The Connoisseur: Afternoon Sketch (1870), The Social Eddy (1870), A Revolutionist (1879) and Her First Dance (1889) amongst others. These are still in The Orchar Collection. |
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