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Pygmalion.
Peint par Gigoux. Lith par Emile Lassalle. Imp. Lemercier Paris.
Berlin _ Verlag von Goupil & Co. Publié par Goupil et C.e le 1.er Mai 1856. Paris _ London. New-York Pub.d by Goupil et C.e.
Lithograph with fine hand colour, scarce. Printed area 690 x 420mm (27¼ x 16½"), with Goupil's blindstamp. Very large margins, spotted.
Pygmalion watches in wonder, one arm reaching out, as his statue Galatea comes to life on the pedestal; smoke from a brazier to right. From a painting by Jean François Gigoux (1806-94) and published in the series 'Les Artistes Anciens Et Modernes'.
[Ref: 47436] £420.00
Szlegel.
Gigoux. Lith de Villain.
[Paris: Joseph Straszewicz, n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 270 x 235mm (10½ x 9¼"), very large margins.
Lieut-Col Karol Szlegel (1802-32), with moustache, wearing cloak with furred collar. Having fought in the November Uprising (1830-1) he went into exile in France, where he died in a duel with a fellow officer while preparing for an armed return to Poland. Looked upon as a rebel or hero. From Straszewicz's suite of portraits of Polish figures.
[Ref: 63238] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
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