Polydore Jean Charles Pauquet
(1800 - 1879)
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
lot details
bears inscription above image: 14 / 56
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
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].