page_title: Alfred Cadart
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred Cadart
caption_attribution_description: Simple English: Print of a portrait of Alfred Cadart, fondateur de la Société des Aqua-fortistes [1828-1875], designed and engraved by Marcellin Desboutin, in L'Illustration nouvelle, volume 13, Paris, Veuve Cadart [publisher], 1881.
context_page_description: Alfred Cadart was a French printer, writer and publisher, most notable for his major part in the etching revival in 19th-century France. He played a key role in the revival and sale of etchings in France and beyond. As founder of the French Société des Aquafortistes, he combined strategic understanding with a passion for the artistic qualities of the etching.
  His efforts to promote the art of etching did not bring him financial success, but he did help develop the infrastructure for original printmaking that emerged in the 1890s.
context_section_description: Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) was a French printer, writer and publisher, most notable for his major part in the etching revival in 19th-century France. He played a key role in the revival and sale of etchings in France and beyond. As founder of the French Société des Aquafortistes, he combined strategic understanding with a passion for the artistic qualities of the etching.
  His efforts to promote the art of etching did not bring him financial success, but he did help develop the infrastructure for original printmaking that emerged in the 1890s.
caption: Etching of Cadart by Marcellin Desboutin.
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