J.B. Huet del
Bonnet direx [c.1780]
Rare stipple printed in colours, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed, left hand corner missing.
Two dogs in human dress dance, supervised by their master. Dancing dogs were a popular street entertainment in the 18th century, and appear in the artwork of many artists, including Carle Vernet and George Morland. By, or perhaps after Jean-Baptiste Huet I (1745-1811), painter and engraver. Huet made his name as an animal painter with his 1769 painting of a dog attacking geese (Paris, Louvre).
[Ref: 39655]  £450.00