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Lot 184: Het Committe' van buitelandsche zaaken

Est: £150 GBP - £200 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJanuary 22, 2007

Item Overview

Description

An etching in red ink by David Hess (1770-1843), depicting political caricatures, including Napoleon, and showing a man looking into a peepbox marked 'L'armée du Prince Frederic d'Orange', 223 x 275mm; a page from De Nieuwsgierige Nar (The Curious Fool), with an engraving of a man looking into a peepbox, 95 x 155mm.; an engraving of a travelling showman carrying a peepbox on his back, 120 x 145mm. (3)

Artist or Maker

Literature

Richard Balzer (1998), Peepshows A Visual History, p. 63, no. 77

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Auction Details

The Ganz Collection of Magic Lanterns, Optical Toys & Pre-Cinema

by
Christie's
January 22, 2007, 12:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK