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La Lanterne Magique

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La Lanterne Magique
Charpentier, Paris; etching by J. Guélard after C. Huet showing monkeys dressed in human clothing and representing a Savoyard family with music box and lantern; a second print in the same series entitled Le Bidet showing a 'lady' monkey attended by her 'maids', 245 x 345mm. (2)

Literature

David Robinson (1993), Iconography of the Magic Lantern, p. 41, no. 108.

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Lot Essay

Christophe Huet (1700-1759) was influenced by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. He specialised in anthropomorphic studies of monkeys and published with Guélard, in 1741-2, a collection of engravings titled Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes.

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