Antique Print-JEU DE BOULES-ELDERLY GAME-CARICATURE-Martinet-c.1800

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‘”LE JEU DES SAGES. A PARIS, CHEZ MARTINET LIBRAIRE, RUE DU COQ ST. HONOR?.”‘

– Features elderly gentlemen, including one in a Napoleon-style uniform, engaged in a game of boules, observed by women and animals in the background.

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Description

Features elderly gentlemen, including one in a Napoleon-style uniform, engaged in a game of boules, observed by women and animals in the background.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Aaron Martinet.

Medium: Hand-colored illuminated burin on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.5 x 32.5 cm (9.65 x 12.8 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 27.5 cm. (8.07 x 10.83 inch).

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

JEU DE BOULES, ELDERLY MEN, FRENCH CARICATURE, MARTINET, SATIRE, PARISIENNES, HUMOR, 19TH CENTURY | EXPO-487-SATIRE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Chez Martinet, Rue du Coq St. Honor?, Paris.

Reference: Part of the Caricatures Parisiennes series.

Biography artist: Aaron Martinet (1762-1845) was a prominent French publisher and caricaturist known for his humorous and satirical works, especially in Paris.

Additional information

Dimensions 32 × 24 × 1 cm

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