Engraving Surroundings of Le Treport

Emile-Frédéric Nicolle produced his first etching at the age of twenty-four. A painter and watercolorist, he was an attentive witness to the changes taking place in his native city of Rouen.
As one of the founding members of the Friends of Rouen Monuments Society, he drew and engraved the city's main...

Emile-Frédéric Nicolle produced his first etching at the age of twenty-four. A painter and watercolorist, he was an attentive witness to the changes taking place in his native city of Rouen.
As one of the founding members of the Friends of Rouen Monuments Society, he drew and engraved the city's main buildings before they disappeared during redevelopment.
He participated in the 1878 World's Fair and several times in the Salons des Artistes Français in Paris with his etchings.
It was in Le Tréport that Nicolle drew the cliffs. The seaside resort is picturesquely located at the mouth of the Bresle River, which cuts through the great cliffs of the Pays de Caux, forming the border between Normandy and Picardy.
In addition to his work, he made his mark on art history as the maternal grandfather of painter, sculptor, and author Marcel Duchamp, painter and Cubist engraver Jacques Villon, sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon, and painter Suzanne Duchamp.