LAMI, Eugène (1800-1890)

Lot 250
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Lot 250 | LAMI, Eugène (1800-1890)
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
LAMI, Eugène (1800-1890)

Quadrille de Marie Stuart. Paris: imprimerie A. Fonrouge, 1829.

Complete suite of rare lithographs made from the original drawings by Lami and coloured by hand. This collection illustrates a costume party organised by the Duchess of Berry at the Tuileries on March 2, 1829. The young Duchesse held several historical balls, the best remembered of which was this Quadrille, recalling the arrival of Mary Stuart of Scotland at the Tuileries to wed the future Francis II. The Duchesse commissioned this work from Lami as a record of this brilliant event. The Duchesse herself is shown as Mary Stuart and the Duc de Chartres as Francis II. Each plate has, at the top left, the coat of arms of the ‘character’ being played, and on the top right those of the ‘actor’ at the ball. This album was only printed in a small number and given to the principal participants, not offered for sale, which would account for its scarcity (Colas). Ray describes Lami as an elegant and brilliant painter who devoted much of his time to lithography between 1817 and 1833, the age of Romantic enthusiasm for this new medium. Bobins III, 943; Brunet IV 994; Colas 1747 'cet album n'a été tiré qu'à quelques exemplaires pour les personnages du quadrille'; Rahir 492; Hiler p.523.



Large folio (522 x 353mm). Title printed in gold within decorative woodcut border, arms of the Duchesse de Berry heightened with gold at centre, 26 lithographed plates on china within elaborate borders, two angels holding title piece below, all coloured by a contemporary hand and mounted (blank lower corner of title restored, plate 10 with closed tear into plate, restored on verso, and at outer blank margin, with minor tears restored at outer blank margins in places, rare marginal spotting). Original red quarter morocco over red paper boards (extremities rubbed, corners more heavily and foot of spine chipped).





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