Author: Boilly, Louis-Leopold
Title: L'Enfance". A Vintage Color Lithograph by Boilly
Description: Circa [1824]. [1824]. Circa [1824]. [1824]. Good. A WONDERFUL FRENCH CARICATURE BY LOUIS-LEOPOLD BOILLY - sc The 14-1/8 inch high by 10-3/8 inch wide color lithograph caricatures five young children & infants, tightly grouped together, each with different facial expressions. A pensive child at top left looks down askance at a baby centered in the foreground holding a primitive doll. A child in a red dress at left is shown crying as another glances kindly in her direction. Another at top right looks fearfully to the right. Titled at center under the image "L'Enfance" with the number "1" centered under the title. "G. lith. de Delpech" is printed at right under the image. Boilly's signature is reproduced in lithograph at left under the image. Printed on heavy stock, the lithograph is mounted onto cardboard. The edges are stained and darkened and there is some very minor foxing to the creamy white paper. Short tears, one each to the top and both sides are repaired and reinforced by the mount. Good.
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Title: L'Enfance". A Vintage Color Lithograph by Boilly
Description: Circa [1824]. [1824]. Circa [1824]. [1824]. Good. A WONDERFUL FRENCH CARICATURE BY LOUIS-LEOPOLD BOILLY - sc The 14-1/8 inch high by 10-3/8 inch wide color lithograph caricatures five young children & infants, tightly grouped together, each with different facial expressions. A pensive child at top left looks down askance at a baby centered in the foreground holding a primitive doll. A child in a red dress at left is shown crying as another glances kindly in her direction. Another at top right looks fearfully to the right. Titled at center under the image "L'Enfance" with the number "1" centered under the title. "G. lith. de Delpech" is printed at right under the image. Boilly's signature is reproduced in lithograph at left under the image. Printed on heavy stock, the lithograph is mounted onto cardboard. The edges are stained and darkened and there is some very minor foxing to the creamy white paper. Short tears, one each to the top and both sides are repaired and reinforced by the mount. Good.
The French artist Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) moved to Paris in 1786 where he set up his successful business as a painter and lithographer. Credited with drawing the first dated French lithograph in 1802, he went on to successfully caricature social and political subjects. Good .
Keywords: ART; PRINT; COLOR LITHOGRAPH; L'ENFANCE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN; DOLL; LOUIS-LEOPOLD BOILLY; CARICATURE; FRENCH; SOCIAL SATIRE; HUMOR; HUMOUR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORIGINAL; VINTAGE; 19TH CENTURY.
Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 33064
- Book number: 33064
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