Jacques Gabriel Huquier

Jacques Gabriel Huquier is represented here by a compact group of prints from the mid-eighteenth century, made chiefly in etching and engraving. The subjects range from playful genre scenes such as Leapfrog to ornamental sheets of cupids and a frontispiece, reflecting the decorative print culture of the period. The collection comprises seventeen sheets, thirteen combining etching with engraving and the remainder pure etching, with impressions up to 1754.

17 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

First Guard-Room

ca. 1754 · Etching

Leapfrog

mid to late 18th century · Etching

Frontispiece (mid to late 18th century, Met-Objekt 6377)

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Two Cupids, One with Bat Wings

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Two Cupids, One Holding Torches

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Two Cupids, One Holding a Wreath

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Two Cupids, One Holding a Ball

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Three Cupids

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Bagpipes

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Second Guard-Room

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a Woman (mid to late 18th century)

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

The Small Household (mid to late 18th century, Met-Objekt 6386)

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

The Small Household (mid to late 18th century, Met-Objekt 6387)

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

The Caravan

mid to late 18th century · Etching

Girl with a Bird

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving

The Traveling Children

mid to late 18th century · Etching

Frontispiece (mid to late 18th century, Met-Objekt 6391)

mid to late 18th century · Etching and engraving