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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  18 Apr 2018
• Lot #:
  90
• Lot Description:
  Polydore Jean Charles Pauquet
  (1800 – 1879, French)
  Lyre Magnifique, 1835
  watercolour on paper
  23.5 x 15.0 cm
  inscribed with title below image: g n g. P Lyre magnifique ¼; bears inscription above image: 14 / 56
  RELATED WORK/S: "Lyre Magnifique," hand-coloured engraving illus. in Lemaire, C.L., Pauquet, H. and P., "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques", Paquet and Debure, Paris, 1836, pl. 56
• Provenance:
  Private collection, USA; Private collection, Adelaide
• Notes:
  Hippolyte (1797-1871) and Polydore Pauquet (1800-1879) painted watercolours and engraved plates for the publication "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, "published in 8 volumes in royal octavo format in Paris, 1836, containing 80 hand-coloured engravings. This work is a preparatory watercolour for the hand-coloured engraving of the same title [image in reverse].
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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