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Augustin Edouart (1789-1861)

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Augustin Edouart (1789-1861)

A full length profile of a Scottish family group in front of a Tower House: the father seated holding a book, the mother wearing an elaborate hat, the Governess showing a book to the son, the six daughters playing, shuttlecocks and three dolls lying on the terrace

signed and dated 1831, cut-outs on card with watercolour and pencil background, framed
rectangular, 16in. (405mm.) high

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Edouart spent most of 1831 in Scotland, visiting Edinburgh, Perth and Glasgow. In January, the exiled King Charles X of France and his family and entourage sat for Edouart. The background may have been executed by William Murray, Edouart's draughtsman