Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots

ca. 1770–80

Not on view

This drawing is a caricature depicting the "prince and princesse of the dwarfs," who are being presented with a huge ornate coiffure by a Baron de Catagon, apparently a purveyor of fashionable hat and air designs, examples of which fill the foreground. The scene takes place in an elegant rococo interior where the aristocratic couple is seated in two small chairs atop an elevated platform.

The drawing is a study for a print, also in the museum's collection (67.734.4).

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Title: Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots
Artist: Louis Sébastien Berthet (French, 1750–1812)
Date: ca. 1770–80
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Monroe Warshaw in honor of Stephen A. Geiger, 2025
Object Number: 2025.484.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots. L'incomparable Baron de Catagon leur présentes une Nouvelle Coeffure, do son Invention, qui lui merité le glorieux titre de Restaurateur des Nabots, Louis Sébastien Berthet French, Etching — Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots. L'incomparable Baron de Catagon leur présentes une Nouvelle Coeffure, do son Invention, qui lui merité le glorieux titre de Restaurateur des Nabots
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