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"Mademoiselle Noblet" lithographed from nature by Grevedon Henri (1776-1860).
Ed. Paris, Rittner, Montmartre Boulevard, No. 12.
Lith. by A. Cheyère , Pierre Sarrasin Street, No. 2.
A proof of this lithography is kept in the collections of the Clark Art Museum, Usa. (acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark).
Henri Grévedon designed about twenty series of large-scale lithographic "portraits" of fashionable women, between 1828 and 1840 ( in : "Portraits of Fantasy, Portraits of Fashion by Susan L. Siegfried, University of Michigan. nonsite.org, article, issue #14).
Amongst the most popular were : "le Vocabulaire des Dames, 24 portraits, and "le Miroir des Dames ou Nouvel Alphabet français", 25 portraits.
Good condition after usual restoration.
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