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.
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