Sketch for a cartoon for cotton printing:The Arts [Les Arts], Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and ink on cream-colored paper, Joined horizontally with 1898-21-26A. Two parallel panels, separated by strips indicated to bear fantastic leaves place in alternating sequence, shown in the 'style chinois': upper left, two mandarins seated on a bench under a canopy at the top of a flight of crooked steps, the one playing a lute and the other holding a book in his lap, musical instruments on the ground and a dancing figure at the bottom of the steps (symbolizing Music); lower left: a mandarin is seen sculpting a statue of a seated mandarin, under a canopy (symbolizing Sculpture); upper right: a mandarin is seated under a canopy painting the portrait of a seated lady, above, a flight of crooked steps on which an assistant is seen mixing colors (symbolizing Painting); lower left: a Chinaman is chiseling a pedestal, beside him lie fragments of classical architecture, and other blocks are strewn on a flight of crooked steps, above (symbolizing Architecture)., Possibly Munster, France, possibly 1815–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Sketch, cartoon, cotton printing, Arts, Les Arts, Hartmann et Fils, Munster, France, Pen, ink, cream-colored paper, Joined horizontally, 1898-21-26A, Two parallel panels, separated, strips indicated, bear fantastic leaves place, alternating sequence, shown, 'style chinois', upper left, two mandarins seated, bench under, canopy, top, flight, crooked steps, playing, lute, holding, book, lap, musical instruments, ground, dancing figure, bottom, steps, symbolizing Music, lower left, mandarin, sculpting, statue, seated mandarin, under, canopy, symbolizing Sculpture, upper right, mandarin, seated under, canopy painting, portrait, seated lady, flight, crooked steps, assistant, mixing colors, symbolizing Painting, lower left, Chinaman, chiseling, pedestal, beside, lie fragments, classical architecture, blocks, strewn, flight, crooked steps, symbolizing Architecture, Munster, France, 1815–20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing
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