Accession number
PML 140273.16
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut, bould. des italiens N. 5, [1822]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date from La Combe.
Caption title from head of sheet; caption below image reads: Saiser le balai avec la main droite, à hauteur du dernier bouton de la veste, la main gauche à hauteur de l'oeil, pour ceux qui en ont (Lecon 1: page 3).
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de C. Villain" below image at lower right.
Comprises plate 26 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 is folded down the center and mounted on bound stub.
Caption title from head of sheet; caption below image reads: Saiser le balai avec la main droite, à hauteur du dernier bouton de la veste, la main gauche à hauteur de l'oeil, pour ceux qui en ont (Lecon 1: page 3).
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de C. Villain" below image at lower right.
Comprises plate 26 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 is folded down the center and mounted on bound stub.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 217 x 289 mm; sheet: 345 x 530 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a group of street sweepers at work, with the raised brooms carried by other street sweepers visible in the background.
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