Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 26

École française vers 1797.

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Costumes of the representatives of the people and public officials of the French Republic. Pen and ink heightened with watercolor on a sheet of strong paper of large folio format, pasted on cardboard, representing 16 drawings captioned in trompe l'oeil depicting characters of the revolutionary period. Central folding. H. 58 x 47.8 cm. History The present drawings are comparable to those of Grasset Saint Sauveur appearing in the work of 1796, published at the request of the Ministry of the Interior and comprising 16 plates engraved by Labrousse and published by Denoyé in Paris.