Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art - 18 April 2018 | Sydney
Lot 90
Polydore Jean Charles Pauquet
(1800 β 1879, French)
LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835
watercolour on paper
23.5 x 15.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 β 12,000
Lot Details
Description
Polydore Jean Charles Pauquet
(1800 β 1879, French)
LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835
watercolour on paper
23.5 x 15.0 cm
inscribed with title below image: g n g. P Lyre magnifique ΒΌ
bears inscription above image: 14 / 56
Provenance
Private collection, USA
Private collection, Adelaide
Catalogue text
Hippolyte (1797-1871) and Polydore Pauquet (1800-1879) painted watercolours and engraved plates for the publication Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, published in 8 volumes in royal octavo format in Paris, 1836, containing 80 hand-coloured engravings. This work is a preparatory watercolour for the hand-coloured engraving of the same title [image in reverse].