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PASMOND, Armand de (fl. 1836-1840)

Lot 127
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 3 780
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992965
Lot 127 | PASMOND, Armand de (fl. 1836-1840)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
PASMOND, Armand de (fl. 1836-1840)

Cahier de Costumes Commencé en 1836 et fini en 1840 [including scenes of Algeria, Reunion Island, military and naval costume, naval ships and silhouettes. 1836-1840.

A very charming manuscript sketchbook made by a French naval officer as a recreational pastime while travelling through the Mediterranean, North Africa – including scenes from Algeria and Morocco – and Reunion Island. It contains many depictions of uniforms from around the Mediterranean, particularly those of the navy, but also of soldiers in Sardinia, Corsica, and in Algeria. His travels further afield to Reunion Island include 2 fine watercolours of the island depicting slaves and ‘Colons’. It contains several scenes of Morocco and Algeria which had just become a French colony in 1833. Pasmond’s sketchbook, with its fine watercolours and sketches of Africa, its caricatures of soldiers (some historical) and people, and its playful silhouettes and drawings of a variety of subjects, such as accurately drawn ships, is therefore both a charming and beautiful object in itself, as well as a first-hand depiction of Algeria, at a particularly significant stage in its history. Several pages are images skilfully copied from other caricaturists such as ‘Adam’. Bobins IV, 1287.



Small oblong quarto (195 x 262mm). An album of 49 leaves (numbered 10-59) of costume watercolours and pen and ink sketches c.1836-1840, containing 34 watercolours, some highlighted in gum arabic, 7 pen and ink drawings, some with grey wash, and 3 pencil sketches, two colour-printed puzzles pasted on flyleaf (light marginal toning, some marginal soiling). Contemporary morocco-backed brown straight-grained paper covered boards (rebacked in modern tan morocco, corners worn).





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Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Letters, documents and manuscripts
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