Henry de TRIQUETI (1803-1874) Ex-Libris Etched copper plate. 12.5 x 7.8 cm Also included: Edouard de TRIQUETI (1840-1861): - Renaissance woman seen from behind Etched copper plate. Monogrammed. 11x7.2cm - Paysage à la barque, 1859 Etched copper plate. Monogrammed and dated. 13.2x19.8cm Provenance: Château du Perthuis. Note: Baron Henry de Triqueti was an important figure in the Montargis region, owning three châteaux. Sculptor to the Princes, advisor to the d'Orléans family, interlocutor with Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter "Vicky", he frequented both the British and Prussian Courts. It was to him that the town of Montargis approached the Kronprinz or Royal Prince Frederic-Guillaume or Friedrich Wilhelm, the future Emperor Friedrich III, to obtain a relaxation of the conditions imposed on the region by the occupying armies during the 1870 war (lot 74). Chosen to work on major French and British commissions, he was a member of the advisory commission for imperial museums, author of a book on "the three museums of London", and a benefactor member of the "Société d'émulation de l'arrondissement de Montargis". On his death in 1874, the British press paid tribute to him, and several books were published recalling his merits and the importance of his work (lot 75).