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Jean-Charles Delafosse (Paris 1734-1789)
Lot 98 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Jean-Charles Delafosse (Paris 1734-1789)

Designs for two trophies and a cartouche; and Another drawing of the same subject

Closed2 December 2014

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Jean-Charles Delafosse (Paris 1734-1789)
Designs for two trophies and a cartouche; and Another drawing of the same subject
both signed 'J. C. delafosse' and titled 'Cour des Monnoyes' and numbered '201' (1) and 'Litalie/Et/La religion' (2)
pencil, pen and black ink, grey wash, watermark fleur-de-lys in an escutcheon
14 x 7 7/8 in. (35.6 x 20 cm.)
(2)a pair

Charles-Eugène Bérard; Paris, 21-25 November 1891, lot 107.
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Intended to illustrate Delafosse's Nouvelle iconologie historique, ou Attributs hiéroglyphiques [...], Paris, 1768, these two drawings were never engraved.