Drole Politicians
Artist: Charles Traviès
TRAVIÈS, (Traviès de Villers, Charles-Joseph) (Wülflingen, Switzerland, February 21, 1804 – Paris, August 13, 1859), Drole Politicians, c. 1845 hand painted lithograph. Published by Aubert [with signature lower left image, letters and addresses in margin below, in the plate]. In very good condition, small paper loss left margin, printed on a tan wove paper with wide margins, 10 x 7 1/2, the sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, archival window matting. A fine impression of this amusing portrait, skillfully hand colored; a print sur blanc (on wove paper, no lettering verso). This balding establishment figure, himself surely a member of the […]