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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Le Triomphe de la Musique. Le Bal des gentils Animaux privés. [&] Le Triomphe de Polichinelle ou La Distraction bein préparée.
Pich. Westal pinx.t. Thouvenin Sculp.t.
à Paris chez Bance, ainé, Md d'Estampes rue St Denis. [n.d., c.1810.]
Pair of colour-printed stipples. 410 x 505mm (16 x 19¾") & 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Platemark of 'Musique' taped, repaired tears in margins; 'Polichinelle' trimmed to plate.
Two scenes of affluent families in classical gardens being entertained by travelling showmen. In 'Musique' a woman and two children watch a fiddler and a woman with a tamborine with a clothed monkey; a dog has its paw on the monkey's shoulder, a large white rabbit sits to one side and a turkey stands near the fiddler's feet. In 'Polichinelle' the family watch a man playing a flute with one hand, a drum with the other, while making two marionettes (one is Punch) dance with string tied to his knee. His boy collects coins in a hat, taking a sealed letter from a young girl.
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Pich. Westal pinx.t. Thouvenin Sculp.t.
à Paris chez Bance, ainé, Md d'Estampes rue St Denis. [n.d., c.1810.]
Pair of colour-printed stipples. 410 x 505mm (16 x 19¾") & 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Platemark of 'Musique' taped, repaired tears in margins; 'Polichinelle' trimmed to plate.
Two scenes of affluent families in classical gardens being entertained by travelling showmen. In 'Musique' a woman and two children watch a fiddler and a woman with a tamborine with a clothed monkey; a dog has its paw on the monkey's shoulder, a large white rabbit sits to one side and a turkey stands near the fiddler's feet. In 'Polichinelle' the family watch a man playing a flute with one hand, a drum with the other, while making two marionettes (one is Punch) dance with string tied to his knee. His boy collects coins in a hat, taking a sealed letter from a young girl.
[Ref: 43543] £690.00 view all images for this item