Carmontelle (Louis Carrogis, known as) (1717–1806) (after) The Abbé de Neuville Teaching Mr. Girard, an employee of the King’s Print Room, to Read. 1761. Etching by an anonymous artist. 190 x 310 [212 x 322 mm]. A very fine print on laid paper, trimmed at the bottom edge as cut from the plate, mounted on laid paper at three corners. Flecks of foxing and slight traces of oxidation along the edges. Remnants of gummed kraft tabs along the right edge on the reverse. At the bottom of the reverse, three handwritten lines in graphite: "Abbé de Neuville, father of the Farm Manager, seated / Mr. Girard, secondhand dealer and friend of the de Neuville family / and employee at the King’s Print Room, later dismissed." Narrow margins on three sides. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). The original drawing (graphite, watercolor, red chalk, and gouache) is housed at the Musée Condé in Chantilly (inv. CAR 377). Father Charles Frey de Neuville (1693–1774) was a renowned Jesuit priest, teacher, and preacher. He distinguished himself during the reign of Louis XV through the quality and power of his sermons. He delivered the eulogy for Cardinal de Fleury in May 1743 at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.