‘EN FAMILLE.
PARIS, E. MORIER EDITEUR, ST. ANDRE DES ARTS 52.
IMP. LEMERCIER & CIE, RUE DE SEINE 57, PARIS’

– A young girl in a blue dress holds two puppies, while a mother dog stands beside her nursing a third. Scene takes place in a stable-like setting with straw-covered ground and rope hanging on the wall. Warm and tender 19th-century domestic subject.

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Description

Medium: Crayon style lithograph with original hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 26.8 x 36.5 cm (10.55 x 14.37 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 25.8 cm. (7.28 x 10.16 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EN FAMILLE, LEMERCIER, LEOPOLD DE MOULIGNON, GENRE PRINT, 19TH CENTURY, GIRL WITH DOGS, SENTIMENTAL PRINT, FRENCH LITHOGRAPH, VICTORIAN ART, FAMILY, PUPPIES | PCO-E30-25

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Based on painting Petite fille aux chiens by Leopold de Moulignon. Painting formerly held by Musee d’Orsay, later lost after diplomatic loan. Printed by Lemercier, after the painting Petite fille aux chiens by Leopold de Moulignon. Image title: “En Famille”. Genre scene with sentimental theme.

Biography engraver: Lemercier & Cie was one of the most renowned 19th-century lithographic printers in Paris, known for high-quality artistic reproductions and chromolithographs. Founded by Rose-Joseph Lemercier, the firm printed for leading artists and publishers in the 19th century.

Biography artist: Leopold de Moulignon (1821-1897) was a French painter and illustrator known for genre scenes and sentimental subjects, often featuring children and animals. He was active in Paris and associated with the academic realist tradition.