Accession number
PML 140273.11
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut frères, Editeurs, [182-?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date from La Combe.
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de Villain" directly below image at bottom right; with the imprint at foot of sheet at right.
Comprises plate 20 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 trimmed at head and foot, with the lower 1/4 of the sheet folded.
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de Villain" directly below image at bottom right; with the imprint at foot of sheet at right.
Comprises plate 20 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 trimmed at head and foot, with the lower 1/4 of the sheet folded.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 253 x 285 mm; sheet: 270 x 345 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a grenedier standing at left with his hand in his pocket as he retrieves a piece of money to give an elderly man who sits before him at right, flanked by two small and ragged boys, with a crutch in his lap and a hat at his feet for alms.
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