Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 840
Estimate
La Lanterne Magique D'Amour After Jean Friedrich August Schall, Noël Frères, Paris; coloured aquatint, showing Cupid projecting an image depicting love's joys and sorrows for the benefit of a young couple; and its companion Le Télégraph d'Amour, coloured aquatint, showing a pair of cupids facilitating communication between two young lovers by means of smoke signals, 360 x 320mm., framed (2)
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Literature
Thomas Ganz (1994) Die Welt im Kasten, p. 39 David Robinson (1997), The Lantern Image, Iconography of the Magic Lantern 1420-1880 Supplement no. 1, p. 4 no. 122B
This lot has been archivally mounted and framed.
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