Vive la France, Balancier, Both in "Tow"
This image of a man and two ladies playing bandminton with tiny Cupids may caricature Edward Dechaux, a prominent art dealer who also manufactured canvases for artists, stamping his name on the back (an example is at the New York Historical Society (for related prints see 54.90.1083 and 54.90.1355-56, 1358).
Artwork Details
- Title: Vive la France, Balancier, Both in "Tow"
- Publisher: Alfred E. Baker (American, active 1833–42)
- Date: ca. 1840
- Medium: Lithograph, hand colored
- Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. (27 x 36 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
- Object Number: 54.90.1358
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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