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[7 Views around Honfleur.] Honfleur: Vue de l'Intendance. [&] Ruine d'Ourscamp. No. 2. [&] S.t Jean au Bois. No. 3. [&] Eglise de Criqueboeuf (près Honfleur) No. 5. [&] Honfleur Chapelle de Grace. No 6. [&] Honfleur: Vue des Fossés. No. 7. [&] Honfleur: Vue du Portail St. Léonard.
H. [& J.] Damas. Lith. Hue, Havre.
[on plates 2 & 3] à Honfleur chez l'auteur, rue du d'auphin. [n.d., c.1840.]
Seven lithographs. Printed areas c. 230 x 320mm, 9 x 12½". Wear to edges.
[Ref: 17038] £250.00
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[Jean Gabriel Peltier] M.r Peltier.
Drawn and Engraved by Huet Villiers.
Pubd 1807 by Colnaghi & C.º 25 Cosckspur Street.
Crayon-manner stipple. 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), with very large margins.
Head and shoulders profile portrait in oval of French journalist Jean Gabriel Peltier (1760-1825). In exile in London, Peltier published a journal, 'L'Ambigu', calling for the assassination of Napoleon, which caused the First Consul to bring a libel case against him at the Court of King's-Bench, Monday, 21st February, 1803. He was found guilty, but the case was dropped before he was called up for judgement. He returned to France in 1820.
[Ref: 66465] £190.00
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