Charlet [signed in the stone.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5. [n.d. c.1828.]
Lithograph on india, very fine. Sheet 356 x 266mm. 14 x 10½". Foxing mostly off image.
A standing 'Turk' wearing a turban and a long coat, next to a table; two women, probably North African slaves, holding children are silhouetted behind him. According to La Combe [Joseph F L de, Charlet, sa vie, ses lettres, suivi d'une description raisonné de son oeuvre lithographique, Paris, 1856] this lithograph was published as part of a series, in 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet, 1828'. Very atmospheric.
[Ref: 19982]  £120.00