Accession number
PML 140274.5
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, [1826]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date from La Combe.
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered immediately below image "Lith. de Villain" at lower right; imprint below at right.
Comprises plate 35 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered immediately below image "Lith. de Villain" at lower right; imprint below at right.
Comprises plate 35 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 215 x 173 mm; sheet: 345 x 265 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a sign-painter holding a palette and gesturing towards his painting of a turkey holding a candle snuffer which he has painted on the wall of a shop selling candle extinguishers.
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