Accession number
PML 140273.2
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut boulevard des Italiens No. 5, à Paris, 1822.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Individual plates signed by Charlet within the image; plates lettered "Lith. de Villain" at lower right.
Published set of lithographs consisting of an illustrated lithographic title plate by Charlet and 10 plates featuring scenes of children in contemporary daily life in rural France.
Comprises plates 3-11 and plate 25 of v. 1 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy contains 10 of 11 plates only, lacking the 2nd plate of the series (i.e. La Combe no. 505, "Les jeunes amateurs"); the last plate of the series (La Combe no. 514) is present but separated from the rest of the suite and bound in as folio 25 in the same volume.
Published set of lithographs consisting of an illustrated lithographic title plate by Charlet and 10 plates featuring scenes of children in contemporary daily life in rural France.
Comprises plates 3-11 and plate 25 of v. 1 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy contains 10 of 11 plates only, lacking the 2nd plate of the series (i.e. La Combe no. 505, "Les jeunes amateurs"); the last plate of the series (La Combe no. 514) is present but separated from the rest of the suite and bound in as folio 25 in the same volume.
Description
[11] leaves of plates : lithographs ; sheets: 345 x 265 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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