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DORE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)Wolves or Ball of the Opera From the: Menagerie parisienne Henri Béraldi: 67Tiny foxing at right..
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DORE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)Wolves or Ball of the Opera From the: Menagerie parisienne Henri Béraldi: 67Tiny foxing in the outer edges at the bottom..
LE SANS TORT LA FAYETTE QUITTE L'HOTEL DE VILLE POUR VERSAILLES
ANONYME XVIIIèOr : "Départ du général parisien pour la fameuse nuit du 5 au 6 octobre : - mes amis menez moi je vous prie couchez a Versailles" .Ca.1791-1792.Pretty copper cut aquatint.Zoomorphic caricature mocking the delay of La Fayette, represented here as a centaur, during the days of October 5 and 6, 1789. This episode earned him the nickname of "General Morpheus" attributed by Rivarol.In the context of the revolution, during the days of October 5 and 6, 1789, a crowd, composed mainly of women, went from Paris to Versailles, to demand bread from Louis XVI as well as the replacement of his bodyguards. majesty by the National Guard, then commanded by La Fayette. In addition, the Constituent Assembly demanded that same day the ratification of the decrees relating to the constitution and the declaration of rights. At the end of these days, she ended up asking for the king to come to Paris, but on this point, Louis XVI left the night to reflect, but on October 6, he was awakened by a more vindictive crowd. Now in charge of the security of the castle, La Fayette, arrived too late at Versailles, and was unable to prevent its murderous invasion but nevertheless saved the royal family who were taken to Paris.The Constituent Assembly will be called there a few days later, on October 19...
ROTHOMAGO
ANONYME XIXèLarge lithograph probably executed to serve as a poster for the famous Rothomago show. Rothomago is a fairyland with a grand spectacle in five acts and twenty-five tableaux to music by Adolphe De Groot and a libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Clairville and Albert Monnier, first performed in Paris on January 1, 1862 at the Théâtre Impérial du Circus. Rothomago, son of the famous wizard of that name, owns a talisman (a watch given to him by the Hours to the power of which he is subject) by means of which he accomplishes his four wills, endlessly upsetting the created universe to satisfy its innumerable fantasies.Second half of the 19th century.Scattered redness visible in the margins..
LES DAMES ANGLAISES APRES-DINE ( SIC )
MARTINET AARON ( EDITEUR ACTIF ENTRE 1796 ET 1824 )Or: "English scenes drawn in London, by a French prisoner of war" (1st plate of the series)After Alphonse RoehnEdited by Aaron Martinet1814Colors of the time, some foxing essentially marginal, small tear, lined, in the upper right corner...
DE FUST BLOOD
LIPSCHITZ SELIG ( CA.1834-1894 )Hand colored lithograph published by S. Lipschitz, London which is titled, "De Fust Blood!" In boxing, it is part of the Blackville Series.Ca. 1883..
FRANCE INFANTERIE DE LIGNE TAMBOUR MAJOR
DRANER ( RENARD JULES JOSEPH GEORGES DIT ) (1833-1926 )From the set : Types militaires, Galerie militaire de toutes les nations Paris Imprimerie Lemercier et Cie 1862-1871Scattered freckles...
LE SERMENT DE LA JEUNE FRANCE
DELAPORTE H ( ACTIF 1831-1835 )Talleyrand leaving Louis-Philippe after his advent following the 1830 revolution..
HOW VAIN ARE ALL YOUR TRIUMPHS PAST
ROWLANDSON THOMAS ( 1756-1827 )The dance of death: the death blow. 1816.Rowlandson's "The English dance of death" was a cooperative venture. Apart from himself, who produced the drawings between 1814 and 1816, William Combe and Rudolph Ackermann were important participants in this production. William Combe wrote two volumes of verses which were intended to facilitate the understanding of the images. Nevertheless, the two lines of text that appear below the images are thought to have been composed by Rowlandson himself. Rudolph Ackermann, who had a print shop in the Strand, promoted and published the prints after Rowlandson's designs. Halo in the sky, a few points of foxing, cut at the edge of the copper, traces of an old adhesive in the top margin...
LES JOUEURS DE BILLARDS
DAUMIER HONORÉ (1808-1879)The bowling game.Lithograph published in the charivari, cut under the subject.L.Delteil : 3404..
LE SOUSCRIPTEUR INDUSTRIEL
DAUMIER HONORÉ (1808-1879)Delteil No. 987. Plate from the set : Caricature du Jour.Beautiful proof on white...