Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836) a French painter.
Title: Marchande de Chiffons.
Dimensions: Image 9 1/2" x 7 1/4". Framed 10 1/4" x 8 1/4".
Date: 1800 -1899.
Materials and Techniques: Tinted lithograph in the gilded frame of the period.
Provenance: Heinz Estate, auctioned by Dargate. The label on the back is similar to the labels on the back of the thirteen Schellenberg engravings. Vernet's lithograph was auctioned as a part of the Schellenberg set and was used as an entire decoration suite because of the matching subject and size.
Condition: Good. Unexamined outside of frame.
Signed, titled, and lettered in the plate. Two labels on the back. The collector's label: Vernet, Carle F 443 Marchande de Chiffons (Merchand of Rags). The dealer's label: Supplied by E. W. Read. Established [in] 1910. Dealer in works of art and antiques. 2, Manhattan court, 43, Plein Street, Johannesburg.