Antique Drawing-PRISON-MONKEY-SATIRE-TOULON-Weichs-Decamps-19th c.

Description Medium: Pencil drawing on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 21 x 14.5 cm (8.27 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 21 x 14.5 cm. (8.27 x 5.71 inch). Condition: good, given age. Pencil drawing on wove paper; browned, foxing present. Loosely attached to a carrier sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. DECAMPS, MONKEY, SATIRE, TOULON, PRISON, CARICATURE, 19TH CENTURY | EXPO-SATIRE BACKGROUND INFORMATION After the lithograph Le chemin de Toulon by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. Biography engraver: Probably made by a German artist. Biography artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860), French painter and lithographer, known for satirical works and orientalist scenes. His Chemin de Toulon caricatures justice and punishment in France. This sheet is a later drawn copy, signed H. v. Weiehs fecit.