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Noce de Village; Foire de Village, after N. A. Tournay (Inventaire du Fond Français 18e siècle VII, nos. 8 and 10)
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Charles-Melchior Descourtis (1753-1820)
Noce de Village; Foire de Village, after N. A. Tournay (Inventaire du Fond Français 18e siècle VII, nos. 8 and 10)
aquatints in colour, 1785, the pair, on wove, good impressions, published by the engraver, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, yet retaining a margin of blank paper outside the subject, a short repaired tear in the upper left of the former, occasional thin spots in the margins on the reverse, some pale foxing; with, by and after, the same hand, the pendant pair La Rixe and Le Tambourin, all four framed
S. 390 x 265 mm. (each) (7)
Noce de Village; Foire de Village, after N. A. Tournay (Inventaire du Fond Français 18e siècle VII, nos. 8 and 10)
aquatints in colour, 1785, the pair, on wove, good impressions, published by the engraver, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, yet retaining a margin of blank paper outside the subject, a short repaired tear in the upper left of the former, occasional thin spots in the margins on the reverse, some pale foxing; with, by and after, the same hand, the pendant pair La Rixe and Le Tambourin, all four framed
S. 390 x 265 mm. (each) (7)
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Please note that there are seven prints in this lot and not as stated in the catalogue. The illustration for this lot is actually lot 85