Antique Print of an Inn with Peasants Playing Cards by Launay 'c.1800'

€ 200

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1800
Sheet size: 44.5 × 30 cm (17.5 × 11.8 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13009-22

Condition

General age-related toning. Shows wear and creasing, few small defects. Blank verso, please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'L'Estaminet de la Galerie du Palais Royal (..)'. Original antique print of an interior of an inn with peasants playing cards in right foreground, a waitress appearing out of the basement kitchen at left, others smoking in background; nine engraved lines in French describing the composition below, within decorative frame. This print originates from the series 'Galerie du Palais Royal', a set published between 1786 and 1808. Engraved by R. de Launay after D. Teniers.