Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Lys (Lillies) from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service), Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown, black ink, brush and wash, white gouache, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper, Scene in front of a church, possibly on Assumption Day (August). A procession of parishioners file out of the church, right background, led by acolytes holding banners with images of the Virgin. In the right middleground, a group of three female figures receive lily branches (a Virgin symbol) from a man, center middleground, who is distributing the flowers from a planted terrace. A young boy, behind the man, smells a lily; another boy, left middleground, observes the scene from the top of a brick wall that is decorated with the French coat of arms., France, 1821–24, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Lys, Lillies, Service de la Culture des Fleurs, Flower Cultivation Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen, brown, black ink, brush, wash, white gouache, graphite, tan paper mounted, blue-gray paper, Scene, front, church, Assumption Day, August, procession, parishioners file out, church, right background, led, acolytes holding banners, images, Virgin, right middleground, group, three female figures receive lily branches, Virgin symbol, man, center middleground, distributing, flowers, planted terrace, young boy, man, smells, lily, another boy, left middleground, observes, scene, top, brick wall, decorated, French coat, arms, France, 1821–24, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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