Trade Card of Houbaut, Musician-in-Ordinary, Au Concert Italian

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Artist or maker

Unknown

Date

1770-1790 {nd}

Dated stylistically.

Place of production

Paris, France

Medium

etching and engraving on paper

Type of object

etchings
trade cards

Accession number

3686.2.64.167

One of a set, see others ▸

Trade card of Houbaut, musician-in-ordinary to the Comédie Italiene, At the Italian Concert. The image is etched and the text engraved; the capitals of Houbaut's name are decorated with parallel lines. The design consists of a wall monument bearing a plaque with the text and a representation of the shop sign containing an allusion to Houbart's goods and services.

The lower three sides of the square monument are mounted with panels decorated with a fret pattern. Rosette bosses are mounted on the lower corners. A string of beading runs around the central plaque. The cornice of the monument is plain and supported by four volute modillions at the corners. The modillions are decorated with rocaille forms and hearts.

A cloud bank surmounts and drifts in front of the cornice. Sitting on the cloud are three naked putti playing a lyre, violin and clarinet. An open music book rests on the clouds. To the left, there are two books, and a box; to the right, there is a drum, trumpet, sheet of music and three boxes.

Commentary

Curatorial commentary

The design is loosely based on Choffard's card for Lattré, see 3686.1.71.136.
Phillippa Plock, 2008

Physical description

Dimensions (mm) / weight (mg)

146 x 129

Physical details

single sheet, plate mark size: 138 x 120, image size: 127 x 113

Transcription

AU CONCERT ITALIEN / HOUBAUT / Musicien ordinaire de la Comédie Italiene. / Rue Mauconseil, près la Comédie. / Tient Magasin de toutes sortes de Musiques, / vocale et instrumentale, Françoise, Italienne, et / autres Parodies, Opéra-Comiques en Musique. / A PARIS

Translation

At the Italian Concert, Houbaut, musician-in-ordinary to the Comédie Italienne, rue Mauconseil, near the theatre, keeps shop of all sorts of music, vocal and instrumental, French, Italian and other parodies, opera-comic in music. In Paris

Language

French

History

Part of

Recueil d'adresses: A collection of sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century French, German, Belgian, Swiss, Dutch, Italian and Spanish trade cards, labels, wrappers, advertisements and related commercial ephemera bound in four volumes. 3686.1-4

Provenance

Acquired by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (b.1839, d.1898) before 1897; inherited by his sister Alice de Rothschild (b.1847, d.1922); inherited by her great-nephew James de Rothschild (b.1878, d.1957); bequeathed to Waddesdon The Rothschild Collection (The National Trust) in 1957.

Collection

Waddesdon (National Trust)
Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957

Other details

Location of premises

rue Mauconseil, Paris

Shop Sign

Concert italien, Au

Trades

musicien/Music activities
marchand de musique/Music activities

Products

musique vocale (vocal music)
musique instrumentale (instrumental music)
musique française (French music)
musique italienne (Italian music)
parodies (parodies)
musique de l'opéra-comique (opéra comique music)

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