Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Fromages (Cheeses) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper, Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a cheese shop showing the figure of a proprietress, right, standing in front of a counter. She lifts a glass dome uncovering a piece of cheese which she prepares to cut with a knife that is attached to her apron by a chain. She appears to have caught two children, to the left, stealing bread. Behind the counter are three shelves holding wheels or balls of cheese. On the counter, behind the woman, is a scale. A cat, left middleground, is eating some cheese; a bird in a cage is suspended from above. In the left rear, a view of an outside market with clients crowded under umbrella-covered stalls., France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Fromages, Cheeses, Service des Objets de Dessert, Dessert Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen, brown, black ink, brush, brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite, tan paper mounted, blue-gray paper, Design, painted porcelain plate, rondel, Scene, cheese shop showing, figure, proprietress, right, standing, front, counter, lifts, glass dome uncovering, piece, cheese, prepares, cut, knife, attached, apron, chain, caught two children, left, stealing bread, counter, three shelves holding wheels, balls, cheese, counter, woman, scale, cat, left middleground, eating, cheese, bird, cage, suspended, left rear, view, outside market, clients crowded under umbrella-covered stalls, France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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