Album lithographique, 1826 [print] / par Charlet.

Accession number: 
PML 140274.9
Author: 
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published: 
[Paris] : Gihaut frères, 1826.
Description: 
[1], 19 leaves of plates : lithographs ; sheets: 345 x 265 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Individual plates signed by Charlet within the image; publisher identified on most plates as "Chez Gihaut frères"; plates lettered "Lith. de Villain" or "I. lith. de Gihaut frères" at lower left.
Published set of lithographs consisting of an illustrated lithographic frontispiece plate with the date "1826", and 19 plates chiefly featuring scenes of French soldiers, children, and members of the poor and working classes in contemporary daily life.
Comprises plates 46-65 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.

Variant Title: 

Frontispiece: Défenses sont faites de déposer aucun album le de ce mur. 1826

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification: 
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