[L'Odalisque. - L'Amusement du Sultan.]
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.] [n.d., c.1786.] A fine Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 485mm (14 x 19"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom. An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom plays a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. Drawn and engraved by Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740-1814), the print was advertised in the 'Mercure' in 1786.
[Ref: 47211] £650.00
[L'Odalisque.]
[Michel Honoré Bounieu.] [n.d., c.1785.] Mezzotint, proof before letters, image 355 x 485mm. 14 x 19". Some soiling; trace of water stain to lower left corner. Tear into plate at right. Trimmed into lower part of plate. An oriental prince watching two women dancing, one of whom playing a tambourine. A black servant looks on in the background. By Michel Honoré Bounieu (1740 - 1814), painter, draughtsman and engraver. Pupil of Pierre, member of the Academy 1767, also active as a restorer. He later became professor of design at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10811] £380.00