Lot 109: François Théodore Rochard (French, 1798-1858) A Lady, wearing flowered green dress with full sleeves and white lace bertha, her brown hair dressed with red flowers and green leaves, a striped white veil covering the back of her head, a basket of

A Lady, wearing flowered green dress with full sleeves and white lace bertha, her brown hair dressed with red flowers and green leaves, a striped white veil covering the back of her head, a basket of fruit in her right hand, her raised left hand holding a bunch of grapes.
Watercolour on paper, rectangular gilded wood frame with scrolling composition decoration, the reverse bearing torn paper label inscribed I can **/ the picture **/ at the New **/ Society in Pall **/ which I called Plaisir D **/ is the production of y **/ very truly & obliged/ F. Rochard, further inscribed D.D./ P.T. Nov. 3υrd 1849.
Oval, 240mm (9 7/16in) high
Provenance: Taylors, Honiton, Devon, 25 April 1997, lot 157
Exhibited: New Watercolour Society, 1844, no.108 as 'Plaisir de L'Automne'