CARICATURE - FRENCH
"Le Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens"
c. 1815. Total dimensions including frame: 11.75" h x 13.75" w. In a modern gilt frame. A hand-coloured etching by G. J. Gatine after L. M. Lanté, Plate No. 86. Fine condition.A plate from the "Le Bon Genre" series which was done for La Mésangère. Two young Parisian women with their respective foreign officers - one Russian and one Scottish - admire this real life musician who performed in Paris. There are other portraits of this same musician who was often called "Monsieur Ut, La, Si."
GPH-12711$400