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WOODWARD, George Moutard (1760-1809) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)

Lot 312
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Lot 312 | WOODWARD, George Moutard (1760-1809) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)
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WOODWARD, George Moutard (1760-1809) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1756-1827)

Le Brun Travested. Or Caricatures of the Passions. London: R. Ackerman, 1800.

A satire, beautifully coloured, very rarely found complete, of the Conférence sur 'Expression Générale et Particulière (1668) by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Le Brun was convinced that the passions of the soul measurably affected the muscles of the face and thus prescribed the models on which artists should construct the facial composition of their subjects, his book consisting of a collection of the various facial expressions. Woodward and Rowlandson replicate many of Le Brun's facial expressions but with a comical twist. Thus, plate number 3 'Admiration' depicts a young lad staring intently through a window at a woman carrying a large plum pudding and the caption reads 'Various are the ways this Passion might be depicted, in this Delineation the subjects chosen are simple - a Hungry Boy - and a Plumb Pudding.’ No text as issued .Bobins IV, 1358; British Museum Satires 9628-9632; Grolier Club, Rowlandson 56; William A. Gordon BC-44.



Quarto (341 x 294mm). Printed in brown and etched throughout, Etched title and 19 etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson after Woodward, all coloured by a contemporary hand and each plate mounted on stubs (all plates trimmed in lower margin, just touching lettering on plate 8). Later blue wrappers, folding blue cloth clamshell case. Provenance: Dr. W Schumacher (small ink stamp on verso of plates).





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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