MANSION, [Andre-Leon] (1785-1834)

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£ 2 520
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13.07.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 300 | MANSION, [Andre-Leon] (1785-1834)
MANSION, [Andre-Leon] (1785-1834)

[National Ball Costumes. London: R. Ackermann, 1831].

Beautiful suite of plates depicting the national ball costume's of countries such as Hungry, Switzerland and Austria. Andre Leon Larue, known professionally as Mansion, was the son of a portrait painter. He worked predominantly as a miniaturist, creating portraits of such figures as Empress Josephine (1763-1814) and Napoleon I (1769-1821). However, he also had a celebrated career as an aquatinter, producing such notable suites of costume plates as Fancy Dress Ball (1831, see following lot) and the present suite, National Ball Costumes. The artist’s soft modelling of the fabrics and the delicate detailing of the character’s faces, all recall the artist’s training in miniature painting.



Folio (30 x 381mm). 12 aquatint plates, coloured by a contemporary hand and heightened with gum arabic, loose as issued (marginal finger-soiling and very light spotting, most heavily affecting plate 3). Original blue wrappers (lightly sunned along edges); housed in modern maroon half calf gilt and marbled paper clam shell box.





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