Pierre Maleuvre

Theatre of Vaudeville - Original Lithograph by P. Maleuvre - Late 18th Century

Late 18th Century

Théâtre des Variétés is an original Hand-colored etching on paper realized in 1820 ca. and attributed to the french engraver Godefroy Engelmann. With the description on the lower an...

Grands théâtres de Paris - La Baronne is an original hand-colored lithograph realized by Godefroy Engelmann in the 19th century in Paris. Signed on the plate. Titled on the lower c...

French Engraving Hand Colored Galerie des Modes Costumes Francais, 1779. Rare antique French fashion print hand colored published first ...

Antique print titled 'Run Neighbours Run - St Al_ns is Quadrilling It'. In this print, the Duchess of St Albans dances a quadrille (a dance performed by four couples) with an unidentified naval officer, whose dancing steps resemble those of the hornpipe, a dance popular among sailors. The other three couples of the quadrille stand around them, looking on. All of the figures are fashionably dressed, with the Duchess' clothing being particularly extravagant. Harriot Mellon, Duchess of St Albans, was a former actress who married the elderly banker Thomas Coutts in 1815. After Coutts' death, she remarried to the Duke of St Albans in 1827, causing a scandal due to his being 23 years younger than she. Mellon, the richest woman in Britain after her husband's death, was a philathropist and patron of the arts, but was a controversial figure in fashionable society due to her humble origins. Satirical prints...