Trial proof of the portrait of French sculptor Edme Bouchardon, half-length, sitting in armchair, head turned to right; in oval frame, on pedestal, with sculptor's tools; state with face only lightly sketched in, before any lettering
Description:
Title from finished state., Title and date from British Museum online catalogue, registration numbers: 10,0610.66., and Ownership stamp on verso in diamond shape frame: E.L.
Two elaborate hairstyles, that on the left, shown from the back, a gentleman with a wig having side curls and braids which join together and are tied in a wreath-like arrangement. The woman on the right is shown in profile, her head in a large cap, on the band of which are shown the signs of the zodiac, while stars are affixed to her hair above the forehead
Alternative Title:
A la zodiaque
Description:
Title from item., Sheet cropped within plate mark., and Mounted to 14 x 21 cm.
