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Lot Essay
Gilles Louis Chretien (1754-1811) invented the Physionotrace machine.
Details
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1795
A gentleman, in profile, in black coat and striped waistcoat; a physionotrace of an officer, in black coat with silver facings, on card; and a pastel on card of a lady, in profile, in white dress (Dutch School, circa 1800)
the former in wood frame; gilt-metal mount; wood frame
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) to 4 in. (102 mm.) diam. (3)
A gentleman, in profile, in black coat and striped waistcoat; a physionotrace of an officer, in black coat with silver facings, on card; and a pastel on card of a lady, in profile, in white dress (Dutch School, circa 1800)
the former in wood frame; gilt-metal mount; wood frame
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) to 4 in. (102 mm.) diam. (3)
Provenance
The former: Christie's, Geneva, 26 May 1993, lot 181 (part).
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