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ANTIQUE #SA1178925
late 18thearly 19th century watercolour drawing illust for telemachus by charles monnet - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE ART - DATED REGENCY
 
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Late 18th/early 19th Century Watercolour Drawing - Illust For Telemachus By Charles Monnet

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Alfred Art

Title - Telemachus, Mentor and Calypso are seated at a table. Surrounding Calypso are her nymphs.
 
Medium - Watercolour on paper late 18th century
 
Artist - unknown (but the artist who executed the drawing for the book was Charles Monnet 1732 - 1808 and the engraver of this image was Jean Baptiste Tilliard 1740 - 1813)
 
Size - 7¼in x 5in (18.5cm x 12.5cm) Image
 
 
This is a very interesting late 18th century watercolour, executed by a very capable hand, the drawing is a scene from Telemachus and is either by Charles Monnet 1738 - 1808 or after Jean Baptiste Tilliard who engraved the image for the book which was published in Paris in 1785
 
Condition is very good with no loss of colour, it is mounted in high quality modern window mount and framed.
 
Internal Reference: TELEMACH
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1178925
Dateline of this antique is Regency
Height is 18cm (7.1inches)
Width is 12cm (4.7inches)
Depth is 2cm (0.8inches)
Antique SA1178925 shown on this page was made in the Regency Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
The Regency Era
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CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
Alfred Art
Hampshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07855 239662
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD