EditorialTitle Page, 'Cahier de Blan?oires Chinoises', Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 17281808, Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder, French, 1744 - 1831, Etching on paper, Two Chinese figures balance on either end of a see-saw in round wicker-backed chairs. Top: 'B'...
EditorialThe Kiss Accepted, Brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, A stylishly dressed man embraces a woman whose husband stands are right. Surrounded by trees, rocaille, and a framing of rocaille, shells, fruits, etc., with an escutcheon top center, with: 'LE...
EditorialPierre des Essarts, advisor to King Charles VII of France, d. 1430. He wears a tunic with his coat of arms over a suit of armour. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a tomb in the church of the Mathurins in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V...
EditorialTypes Mauresques, 1875. Norbert Goeneutte (French, 1854-1894), A. Cadart Rue des Mathurins, 58 Paris. Etching; sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); platemark: 15.8 x 11.7 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.).