Antoine Bara Blaisot (1794, Paris - 1876), also known as Antoine Barru Blaisot, was a French engraver, publisher of lithographs and gallery owner.[3] He is known to have operated a gallery selling engravings at 6 rue de Grammont, Paris.[3]
Publishing
Blaisot frequently commissioned artists to created engravings for his Galerie Universelle series, published from 1822 through 1828.
Engelmann's influence stemmed largely from the fact that after formally learning the art of lithography in Germany, he thereafter travelled to Paris and founded a printing press in 1816.[16]
Apart from this, Delpech resoundingly stood out to be the most popular Parisian publisher of fine art prints of the era. In today's terms, he would be considered to have been the Go To Guy for producing prints which could depict noble personages or provide immediate coverage concerning significant events. Presumably, he was well established, whereby he operated his business from 23 Quai Voltaire for more than a decade; thereby overlooking the Seine River within close proximity to the Louvre.[17][18]
In this regard, a table is presented below which enables viewers to compare prints of Marie Antoinette which were circulated by all three publishers:
As it pertains to the prints identified above, Blaisot's notability becomes quite apparent, whereby he:
Moved from a religious rendition of Marie-Antoinette to one which exhibits a more secular disposition
Moved from a somewhat noble or ethereal rendition of Lord Byron to one which assumes more the appearance of an everyday citizen
Such types of alterations appealed to an upcoming clientele of masses who thereafter found themselves finally able to afford fine art prints as they began to circulate in large quantities in and about Paris. The reason for a greater acceptance was quite obvious; being that such depictions, for the most part, actually bore a closer resemblance to themselves.