Trade Card of Brazier-Bonneville, Lottery Organiser, Loterie Nationale
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Trade card of Brazier-Bonneville, lottery organiser, National Lottery, etched and engraved by E. Bovinet (Edme). The image is etched and the text is etched (the artist's name) and engraved; the capitals of the first two lines of text are decorated with parallel lines. The design consists of an allegorical representation of Abundance or Wealth supporting an oval tablet bearing the text.
The allegorical representation consists of a standing woman wearing classical dress, sandals and a band in her hair. She holds an upturned cornucopia in one hand and supports the large oval tablet bearing the text with the other. Coins spill from the cornucopia. Money bags appear to the right of the tablet. The whole rests on a floating ground, with foliage and clouds in the background.
Curatorial commentary
- The format of this card is similar to several British examples, see for instance: The Westminster Society, insurance company, Victoria and Albert Museum, Prints and Drawings Department, 27066.3. In place of the cornucopia representing wealth, there is an anchor, signifying hope.
- Phillippa Plock, 2008
Dimensions (mm) / weight (mg)
99 x 119
Physical details
single sheet, plate mark size: 90 x 113, image size: 59 x 90
Signature & Date
signed and dated in the plate, lower centre: E Bovinet Scul / 1797
Transcription
LOTERIE / NATIONALE / BRAZIER-BONNEVILLE / Rue Honoré, No. 44 & 56 / Maison des Feuillans / près la Place / Vendòme. / E Bovinet Scul / 1797
Translation
National Lottery. Brazier-Bonneville, no. 44 and 56 rue Saint-Honoré, Maison des Feuillans, near the Place Vendôme. E. Bovinet carved [etched and engraved this]. 1797
Language
French
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
Location of premises
- rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
Notes
- (no. 44 et no. 56, Maison des Feuillans, près la Place Vendôme)
Trades
- organisateur d'une loterie/Entertainment activities
Subject person and role
- Brazier-Bonneville, Advertiser
Person as Subject
Research Keywords
- Neoclassicism
- Men as Proprietors/Consumption
- Nationalism & Civic Identity
- Revolutions & Social Conflict
- Ephemera
Subjects
- Work & Occupations/Arts & Entertainment
- Figures/Female
- Allegory & Personifications/Wealth
- Allegory & Personifications/Abundance or Plenty
- Nature, Landscape & The Elements/Patch of Ground
- Objects/Shop Goods
- Work & Occupations/Trade & Commercial/Service Provider
- Nature, Landscape & The Elements/Clouds
- Objects/Currency/Coins, Notes & Moneybags
- Everyday Life/Gaming & Sport/Lottery
- Decorative Motifs & Patterns/Panels, Plaques, Medallions
- Decorative Motifs & Patterns/Shell Motifs
Place as Subject
- Paris, France