Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, La Balance (Libra) from le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, image bordered in pen and brown ink, Design for a painted porcelain plate, square format. A large scale dominates the foreground in front of a two-story house, center background. Figure of a man stands on the left balance of a scale pointing to his wife who stands on the right balance and is pulled toward the ground by a crouching man, lower right corner. The German says, 'My wife weighs more than I do.' A young boy stands next to the central post of the scale while two figures, left middleground, look on., France, 1824, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, La Balance, Libra, le Zodiaque Travesti, Farcical Zodiac, Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite, cream laid paper mounted, cream laid paper, image bordered, pen, brown ink, Design, painted porcelain plate, square format, large scale dominates, foreground, front, two-story house, center background, Figure, man stands, left balance, scale pointing, wife, stands, right balance, pulled, ground, crouching man, lower right corner, German says, 'My wife weighs, I do, young boy stands next, central post, scale, two figures, left middleground, look, France, 1824, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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