Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut.

  • Montaut, H. de (Henri de), approximately 1825-1890.
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1851
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31374i
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view Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut.

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Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (4. Rue d'Amboise.) : Grange ; London : E. Gambart & Co.; [Paris] (Palais National 184) : Dépôt Denizot ; [Paris] (Passage Colbert 10) : Dépôt Sinnett (Becquet frères.)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 17.1 x 22 cm

Lettering

La toilette.; (11 heures.)

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 13 septembre 1851, no. 673 ("Le dîner. -- La grande toilette, d'après Montant, par Ch. Bargue. Imp. lithog. de Becquet, à Paris. A Paris, chez Sinnett. Sujets de genre.")--Image of France database no. 46358
Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome I, Paris 1930, p. 319, no. 4 ("Vingt scènes enfantines d'apr. H. de Montaut, chez Grange etc. puis chez Sinnett, 1849-1851 : La toilette, La promenade, Le réveil, Le baise main, Le sermon, La visite, Le diner, Le théâtre, Le réveil (bis), Réception à Versailles, La dédicace, Le bal masqué, Le jeu de la Reine, Le dîner champêtre, La grande toilette, La sortie de l'eglise, La chaise, Le petit lever, Matinée musicale, Promenade sur l'eau.")

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Wellcome Collection 31374i

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