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POLYDORE JEAN CHARLES PAUQUET, (1800 – 1879, French), LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835, watercolour on paper

POLYDORE JEAN CHARLES PAUQUET, (1800 – 1879, French), LYRE MAGNIFIQUE, 1835, watercolour on paper SIGNED: inscribed with title below image: g n g. P Lyre magnifique ¼ bears inscription above image: 14 / 56 DIMENSIONS: 23.5 x 15.0 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, USA Private collection, Adelaide RELATED WORK: Lyre Magnifique, hand-coloured engraving illus. in Lemaire, C.L., Pauquet, H. and P., Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, Paquet and Debure, Paris, 1836, pl. 56 ESSAY: Hippolyte (1797-1871) and Polydore Pauquet (1800-1879) painted watercolours and engraved plates for the publication Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Exotiques, published in 8 volumes in royal octavo format in Paris, 1836, containing 80 hand-coloured engravings. This work is a preparatory watercolour for the hand-coloured engraving of the same title [image in reverse].