Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Lion (Leo) from the Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, bordered in pen and brown ink, Design for a painted porcelain plate, square format. Scene at a masquerade party in a bar. Figure of a man dressed in a lion's costume, center forground, has his arms around a young woman dressed as Diana who he appears to be kissing. She wears a crescent crown and holds a bow. She tells him to 'take his paws off of her.' She has her right foot planted on a platform upon which is a table with two wine bottles and a stool, left middleground. Behind an arched opening, right background, there are two costumed figures who appear to be dancing., France, 1824, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Lion, Leo, Le Zodiaque Travesti, Farcical Zodiac, Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen, brown, black ink, brush, brown, black wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, red crayon, graphite, cream laid paper mounted, cream laid paper, bordered, pen, brown ink, Design, painted porcelain plate, square format, Scene, masquerade party, bar, Figure, man dressed, lion's costume, center forground, arms, young woman dressed, Diana, kissing, wears, crescent crown, holds, bow, tells, 'take, paws off, right foot planted, platform upon, table, two wine bottles, stool, left middleground, arched opening, right background, two costumed figures, dancing, France, 1824, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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