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[Portrait of an Old Man with a Cane near Ruins.]
[Portrait of an Old Man with a Cane near Ruins.] Respectfully dedicated to the Friends of Philanthropy_by J.F. Waldeck Feb.y 1821.
J.F. Waldeck Lithog.
Printed by Romney & Forster.
Rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 295 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼''). Creasing in margins.
A portrait of an old man walking in the grounds of a ruined cathedral near the sea. A portrait by Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck (1766-1875) who was an artist and explorer, he claimed to have been born in various countries around Europe, he travelled to South Africa aged 19, he then claimed he travelled back to France and studied under Jacques Louis David, he then claimed he travelled to Egypt with Napoleon. He is known for his republication of the pornographic series 'I Modi' and his exploration of Mexico and South America and subsequent publication of South American sculpture.
[Ref: 49032]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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