Print Description
Street scene with an artist walking, carrying a portfolio and umbrella, passing by street musicians, a dancing school, a man with dancing dogs, and a painter working on a sign with a peacock image. In the background, there is a church and a funeral procession.
Made by Carel Christiaan Antony Last (attributed) after Alexander Ver Huell.
Medium: Lithography on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 29 x 21.5 cm (11.42 x 8.46 inch). Image size: 27 x 20 cm. (10.63 x 7.87 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light age-related toning; overall well-preserved with clear print quality. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
STREET SCENE, ARTIST, STREET PERFORMERS, DANCE SCHOOL, FUNERAL PROCESSION, 19TH-CENTURY ART, LITHOGRAPHY, CAREL LAST, ALEXANDER VER HUELL, SOCIAL COMMENTARY | PCO-E21-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From the series “Tydspiegel-phantasien,” published by D. A. Thieme, Arnhem, circa 1858.
Biography engraver: Carel Christiaan Anthony Last (1808-1876) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and lithographer. He signed his earlier work as CL, later as C.C.A. Last.
Biography artist: Alexander Willem Maurits Carel Ver Huell, also: Verhuell or VerHuell (1822-1897) was a Dutch artist and writer.
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