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- Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
- Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Frontispiece
- Introduction: Hidden Legacies
- Part I Self-Presentation and Self-Promotion
- Part II Spaces of Production
- Chapter 5 Living ‘in the bosom of a numerous and worthy family’
- Chapter 6 Divine Secrets of a Printmaking Sisterhood
- Chapter 7 Yielding an Impression of Women Printmakers in Eighteenth-Century France
- Chapter 8 Laura Piranesi incise
- Chapter 9 Etchings by Ladies, ‘Not Artists’
- Part III Competing in the Market: Acumen in Business and Law
- Index
Chapter 6 - Divine Secrets of a Printmaking Sisterhood
The Professional and Familial Networks of the Horthemels and Hémery Sisters
from Part II - Spaces of Production
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
- Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Frontispiece
- Introduction: Hidden Legacies
- Part I Self-Presentation and Self-Promotion
- Part II Spaces of Production
- Chapter 5 Living ‘in the bosom of a numerous and worthy family’
- Chapter 6 Divine Secrets of a Printmaking Sisterhood
- Chapter 7 Yielding an Impression of Women Printmakers in Eighteenth-Century France
- Chapter 8 Laura Piranesi incise
- Chapter 9 Etchings by Ladies, ‘Not Artists’
- Part III Competing in the Market: Acumen in Business and Law
- Index
Summary
The Horthemels and Hémery sisters were two sets of sister-printmakers living and working in eighteenth-century Paris. Despite their relative obscurity within contemporary scholarship, these women were, according to their Parisian contemporaries, some of the most well-respected graveuses en taille-douce: female intaglio engravers who produced printed images for circulation within the art market. By providing an in-depth exploration of the sisters’ careers – including their preliminary artistic training, roles within the family workshop, and personal and professional collaborations beyond the familial atelier – this chapter provides a more nuanced understanding of the eighteenth-century Parisian print workshop and prominent printmaking families, many of whom would have struggled without the support and labour of mothers, wives, and daughters. While the sisters’ familial and professional networks provided access to opportunities and certainly aided their success, both the Horthemels and Hémery sisters exercised independent ambition and initiative to ensure their reputations and future careers.
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- Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth CenturyThe Imprint of Women, c. 1700–1830, pp. 91 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024