FRAMED 1800s TOUSSAINT Original Etching “Christ’s College, Cambridge” SIGNED COA$344.00
FRAMED 1800s TOUSSAINT Original Etching “Christ’s College, Cambridge” SIGNED COA
$344.00
Artist: Charles Henri Toussaint (French, 1849-1911)
Title: The Garden of Christ College, Cambridge
Medium: Original etching on thick laid paper.
Year: 1880
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image size 6 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 16 x 17 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Christ’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God’s House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort, and changed its name to Christ’s College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its current form. The college is renowned for educating some of Cambridge’s most famous alumni, including Charles Darwin and John Milton. Within Cambridge, Christ’s has a reputation for highest academic standards. It has averaged 1st place on the Tompkins Table from 1980 to 2006 and third place from 2006 to 2013, returning to first place in 2018 and 2019.
Charles Henri Toussaint (French, 1849-1911) was a painter , illustrator and engraver . He is the father of the painter and illustrator Maurice Toussaint (1882-1974). Charles Henri Toussaint was a pupil of Léon Gaucherel , Brunet-Debaines, and C. Waltner. He pointed at the Paris Salon in 1874 and was rewarded in 1876, 1884, 1899 and 1900. He married Louise Bédelet, daughter of the publisher and Parisian bookseller Amadeus Bédelet . He is known for his many prints contained the architecture of Paris and provincial cities ( Amiens, Rouen, Reims,… ). He also wrote beautiful studies of Oxford , Cambridge and Liverpool in particular.
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