LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835

Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art
Sydney
18 April 2018
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POLYDORE JEAN CHARLES PAUQUET

(1800 – 1879, French)
LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835

watercolour on paper

23.5 x 15.0 cm

inscribed with title below image: g n g. P Lyre magnifique ¼
bears inscription above image: 14 / 56

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Provenance

Private collection, USA
Private collection, Adelaide

Related works

Lyre Magnifique, hand-coloured engraving illus. in Lemaire, C.L., Pauquet, H. and P., Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, Paquet and Debure, Paris, 1836, pl. 56

Catalogue text

Hippolyte (1797-1871) and Polydore Pauquet (1800-1879) painted watercolours and engraved plates for the publication Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, published in 8 volumes in royal octavo format in Paris, 1836, containing 80 hand-coloured engravings. This work is a preparatory watercolour for the hand-coloured engraving of the same title [image in reverse].