Peter Paul Benazech was an 18th-century London and Paris based English engraver and draughtsman who studied under Francois Vivares. Benazech\u2019s engravings consisted of natural history, landscapes and marine subjects, including ones after Dietrich and Vernet.<\/p>\n
Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall light toning, wear. Not examined out of frame.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPeter Paul Benazech.\u201d Wikipedia.<\/em> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Paul_Benazech (24 February 2025).<\/p>\n \u201cPlate.\u201d The British Museum.<\/em> https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/H_1923-0315-51-CR (24 February 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charles Fenn (artist) (act. c. 1758) A natural history print serving as a design to be used in drawing instruction, a common pastime for women in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. It incorporates flying birds, butterflies, and insects on naturalistic shrubbery, vegetation and fruits. Design books such as these also served as inspiration for professional designers of decorative arts, particularly ceramics. As stated on the British Museum website, the artist, Charles Fenn is known for his designs that were adapted for porcelains:<\/p>\n Text from Dawson 2007: From the beginning the Worcester porcelain factory used birds as a decorative motif, initially \u2014 as on the early vases … the engravings of Charles Fenn (fl. c. 1758) that appear in The Ladies Amusement … were closely copied and the birds painted in a delicate pale palette.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Product description continues below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44865,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[976,950,6010],"product_tag":[42,7048,9936,7086,2899,9932,9871,4168,3375,5217],"class_list":{"0":"post-42817","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-bird-ornithology-prints","7":"product_cat-design","8":"product_cat-fine-art-prints","9":"product_tag-19th-century","10":"product_tag-antique-print","11":"product_tag-benazech","12":"product_tag-bird-print","13":"product_tag-birds","14":"product_tag-charles-fenn","15":"product_tag-grouse","16":"product_tag-natural-history","17":"product_tag-ornithological","18":"product_tag-ornithology","19":"post","20":"post-with-thumbnail","21":"post-with-thumbnail-large","23":"first","24":"instock","25":"purchasable","26":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44872,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42817\/revisions\/44872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42817"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42817"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPeter Paul Benazech (engraver) (1744 \u2013 1783)
\nNatural History Design with Birds and Insects<\/strong>
\nfrom The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing<\/strong><\/em>
\nRobert Sayer, London: 1766
\nHand-colored engraving
\n9.5 x 13.5 inches, framed
\n$650<\/p>\n