Scenes on the road

by Carle . - Philibert Louis Debucourt Vernet, artist

$1,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Provenance: A. B. contemporary ink initials in the upper right corner of each plate A fine large-scale series of hand-coloured plates exhibiting Debucourt and Vernet's mastery of the genre print. The series consists of four views of scenes glimpsed on the road. As usual with Vernet, the human figures are slightly caricatured, whilst the horses in three of the prints are beautifully observed. The plates are titled: Les Aveugles The Beggars. Fenaille 407 ;

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